[_] Microsoft introduces Silverlight; Adobe wet themselves?
Rick Hurst
rick.hurst at gmail.com
Wed May 2 12:37:36 BST 2007
On 5/2/07, Pete Fairhurst <pete.fairhurst at gmail.com> wrote: > Anyone else been reading about Microsoft's new Rich Internet Application > framework, Silverlight? TechCrunch has an in-depth - if badly written - > review of the recent unveiling at Mix07: > > http://tinyurl.com/2xk9tg > > The proof will certainly be in the pudding, but on paper (yes... I know) > it's very, very impressive. I downloaded the plug-in last night for my mac - does seem very promising as a media in web browser mechanism - what flash wants to be. I particularly liked the promise that you can interact with AJAX/DOM stuff (according to the marketing spiel). It's going to take a while to become ubiquitous though.. -- Rick Hurst, Web developer, Bristol, England http://www.rickhurst.co.uk | http://www.netsight.co.uk