I decided to give the so called “Flash Killer” [Silverlight](http://silverlight.net/) a whirl and see what all the so called “hype” is about. As a huge fan of halo, I ended up attempting to view the [Halo 3 videos](http://silverlight.net/showcase/) on the showcase page. Only one problem: The video itself asked me for my birthdate (I assume to make sure I’m over 13, but probably also MS way of tracking demographic) which absolutely would not accept *any* input in my Firefox Browser. I switched over to IE7 and sure enough, it worked like a charm. Lame, Microsoft, just lame!
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Damn, Yoshimoto! That was the most intelligent comment ever. Remind me never to get into an argument with you!
Firefox is for fags.
Well, I kinda agree with you, but give them sometime, it’s still very new.
Im agree with you
Firefox stands for decency. They take care of their users, by working for everyone. The best browser to code in. They get my respect
Internet Explorer is for tards. Firefox 3 is the best browser available and it’s still in beta phase…
Yes, IE is for the tardo’s Firefox is still too slow, Opera was my main
browser for a couple of years but that’s all changed since Safari has
finally got out of the beta version and on my windows PC, as far as
I’m concerned Safari is the new best browser. Oh I almost forgot, silverlight does suck.
FF3RC1 Pretty much rocks, Beta 5 was good, but I’ve yet to have any problems with RC1 since release. Even most of the least knowledgeable PC users I know have switched to FF from IE by now. IE’s a good idea presented poorly.. WHen they made it they wanted web and file/folder navigation to be all in one, where Mozilla proved that a dedicated browser is just 10 fold more powerful
I checked out Silverlight and it’s hard to even find the Linux version (at least they have one). So I figured out Microsoft partnered with Novell and Novell made Moonlight, the Linux version. Sadly, it’s only compatible with Firefox 2. Well, I’m not gonna let that stop me. I tried it on Firefox 3 and managed to get 2 instances of Moonlight up before it crashed. At least Adobe flash doesn’t die with such few instances.
Our Company went back to flash, Silverlight is not as powerful as flash and there are few components available online compared to flash (because they have been here for too long).
Secondly our clients specificially told us to cease making there site in silverlight and start again in flash. (silverlight is way too behind to even come on the scene.
A classic example is Microsoft investing in the HD DVD technology but there is no point, since the rival Sony released the blu-ray technology that stores more info and with pioneer behind the project, they are in the process of releasing the World’s first 500gb single Blu-Ray Disk.
We thought as a company because of something new it was worth investing in and coming on the scene, but it isnt worth it.
Silverlight is no good in todays stage and has come out at a too late stage compared to the Adobe flash sides of things.
Adious!
hahaha you missed the whole point.
Windows is for retards who can’t cope with changing to an operating system that lets them NOT be forced to boot to crapmode.
I use Firefox, it’s good – I also use Opera – it’s good too – and passes acid3 test. I also use Midori – it’s faster than Safari, it’s based on webkit, and it also gets 100% in acid3. I also have Seamonkey 2.0 suite – which is based on the Netscape project and it really is very cool – I love the way I can flip the toolbars in and out with a click.
As I’m not a retard, I realise that Silverlight does Nothing that flash won’t do. Flash works in all my browsers, on four different operating systems installed at my work, on my friend’s machine, and on mine – as well as my Symbian phone.
Silverlight is for Microsuckers. Wow, you even paid for that crud!!!
I bought an eeePC and got a 20% refund when I refused to accept the EULA – that’s a very seriously cheap peice of kit – no antivirus running, full desktop takes up 100MB RAM and it’s blindingly fast (loads a MS Word document for editing in 3 seconds from cold-start)
Get over it – adobe/Silverlight running on crapware? Not for me, thanks
It gets worse. Try the Linux version, Moonlight. I uninstalled it because just the thought of Microsoft dominating another market sickens me. Moonlight runs horribly and makes you agree to the Microsoft EULA, which I completely hate.
Oh man. Silverlight will prevail.
Silverlight sucks so hard. It’s going to be another ‘Encarta’ all over again.
Well, we’re about 2 Years (!!!) along now, and STILL Silverlight Sucks bigtime (and seems to be a “Micro$oft Only” piece of shit!)
Just tried out some stuff in FireFox, and it’s still not running as it should.
PLEASE, just make it go away!!!
Silverlight is another atempt from Microsoft to dominate the web. They failed with a non-standards IE and they are failing with SL. Novell should die horribly along with all mono developers.
silverlight will never beat Flash never for a million tries MICROSOFT will surely fail
Silverlight REALLY SUCKS. IT STINKS. IT’s #*#&. It’s as bad compared to Flash as IE is compared to Chrome. How you can make something so bad when all you have to do is copy the features of the leading player is mind boggling. And how Netflix every made the idiotic decision to use Silverlight instead of Flash will go down as one of the stupidest decisions in American business… right after Time Warner allowing itself to be bought by AOL.
Silver light is now stander install on all the new machine`s many people have no idea the have it on there machine. Because is a MIRCRO$OFT update lol. I dont install the crap i use the XP black version many know what i mean whit that lol.
Sure it sucks, but not because is just MS (what should be enough) and so, but because Adobe either with Flash, Flex and AS3 and soon with AS4 is doing a great job! Writing AS3 today is like write C++ with fewer less features ,,,, and that means much! Im an AS3 hardcoder and i know what im talking about … plus soon you will be able to compile Flash apps directly for iPhone … dear MS take ur Silverlight MS crap in your deep noob azzz….
As a (1 month) Silverlight developer, I claim that developing an app on Silverlight is a complete headache: constant lags of retard VS, buggy components, everything has to be recoded completely to be worth using. Shit, shoot me anybody, I just can’t stand it!
Give Microsoft a break! They’re awesome and make great products.