tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125341290284114978.post522269246227954452..comments2023-04-23T00:05:10.829-07:00Comments on Guy Ellis' Tech Blog: Why Silverlight is the FutureGuy Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02574435376236977220noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125341290284114978.post-35606638447228772242009-02-17T15:43:38.000-08:002009-02-17T15:43:38.000-08:00I don't think that it's a matter of Apple ...I don't think that it's a matter of Apple "allowing" flash or silverlight I think that it will force its way in. Remember that Apple is Linux and once Moonlight 2 is available you'll have native .NET running in a browser on a Linux operating system.guy ellisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125341290284114978.post-10549639274564672009-02-17T09:41:43.000-08:002009-02-17T09:41:43.000-08:00I'd have to disagree with you there. As far as...I'd have to disagree with you there. As far as mobile platforms are concerned, javascript is where it's at. WIth the popularity of the iPhone (good or bad), Apple currently won't allow flash or silverlight. Macs are gaining market share everyday, and as far as I know, the silverlight experience isn't great. I'd actually have to agree with something Jeff Atwood said on a stackoverflow podcast a while ago: javascript is the future of browser UI interaction. It's build it, has the security needed, it comes with all modern browsers, and with easy to use libraries like jQuery, it's just a no brainer to use what's already there. On a past episode on Haselminutes, Scott interviewed a javascript developer and they were talking about JITing javascript code. Compiled javascript would be awesome, and it'll be here sooner than you think...silverlight is nice, but I personally don't think that a plugin solution (Flash, sliverlight, etc) is what will win in the end...Saul Moranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125341290284114978.post-82003851605097496072009-02-06T11:55:29.000-08:002009-02-06T11:55:29.000-08:00Thanks for the info and insight Bart. I agree - wr...Thanks for the info and insight Bart. I agree - write ONCE, run everywhere. Although that's been promised to us a million times it finally looks like a reality.guy ellisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125341290284114978.post-88301055473327054172009-02-06T11:48:27.000-08:002009-02-06T11:48:27.000-08:00Silverlight For Mobile was already demo'ed at ...Silverlight For Mobile was already demo'ed at the PDC 2008 in October. So, that is coming part of the Silverlight 3 Beta 1 in a couple months :)...so nothing to do with Moonlight.<br />With Azure SDK you can also make a desktop Silverlight application. Silverlight is coming to the desktop too :)<br />The best part of Silverlight on the web/desktop/mobile is that you write your code ONCE and maybe wrapper it around Azure deployment or create different views for the mobile front-end and you get your application consumed everywhere.Bart Czernickinoreply@blogger.com