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MS To Push Silverlight Via Redesigned Microsoft.com
Marilyn M. writes "It looks like Microsoft is getting desperate about the dismal rates of Silverlight adoption by consumers and developers since its release earlier this year. According to NeoSmart Technologies, Microsoft is preparing a fully Silverlight-powered redesign of their website, doing away with most HTML pages entirely. With over 60 million unique users visiting Microsoft.com a month, Microsoft's last-ditch effort might be what it takes to breathe some life back into Silverlight. The article notes: 'At the moment, very few non-Microsoft-owned sites are using Silverlight at all; let alone for the entire UI.'"
Tell me about that wonderful adobe flash plugin after browsing the web on konqueror on an amd64... They still don't make a 64-bit plugin, and even their 32-bit plugin using nspluginwrapper doesn't work on recent versions of konqueror (after the latest security release).
What's wrong with using HTML for content, anyway? Sure, if you want a fancy flash applet in the corner of the page have fun with it - but why not make at least a basic HTML version of the page? Oh, and please provide plain mpeg files (or even wmv) so that I don't have to rip your flvs..
When you actually have to develop an interactive web based app you don't have the luxury of sitting and waiting for something better to come along. It's easy to boycott proprietary technologies when you don't need them.
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What the fuck is Silverlight?