[_] [SPAM BL] Microsoft introduces Silverlight; Adobe wet themselves?
Richard Davey
rich at corephp.co.uk
Wed May 2 14:06:09 BST 2007
Tim Gaunt wrote: >> then for "un-supported" versions of Windows (anything pre Vista) >> it never will. > The entire engine is wrapped in a 1.4MB or something installer that is > downloaded the first time you require it -a little like Flash so even the > illegal copies of Windows will be able to support it -not to mention Macs > and Linux... No Linux support, and no pre XP SP2 support either. This is a very next gen technology, although it's a shame it is missing some of the most interesting parts of WPF (accelerated 3D in particular), with that included it could have been incredible - but then they'd never have got it even remotely cross platform. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window"