Microsoft Releases Silverlight 1.0
Posted by Tom Warren on 05 September 2007 - 07:46 · 20 comments & 12336 views
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#1 Posted by +halcyoncmdr on 05 Sep 2007 - 07:49
- I've seen some cool silverlight stuff already... we'll see whether it gains widespread support or not however...
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#1.1 Posted by GP007 on 05 Sep 2007 - 08:41
- It should, since it's going to be cross-platform and so on, just like how .NET is getting more and more use with time.
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#1.2 Posted by Jugalator on 06 Sep 2007 - 07:12
- .NET isn't officially supported for cross-platform development though (besides on Windows Mobile devices via the Compact Framework -- but that's Microsoft's own platform), but only as a third party effort that's severly lagging behind the .NET releases, for understandable reasons with no direct support from Microsoft, only indirect as they work through the massive specs. The major reason .NET becoming more and more common is simply that Windows development is common.
Silverlight is however better off in that area, with both cross-browser and platform support either there, or planned.
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#2 Posted by kiddingguy on 05 Sep 2007 - 08:14
- Thank you for downloading Silverlight Release Candidate...
wtf?
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#3 Posted by billyea on 05 Sep 2007 - 08:28
- I just got it via auto-update when I visited a Sliverlight site (like how flash reminds you of a newer version as soon as you play a flash animation)
I updated wikipedia too!
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#4 Posted by hardgiant on 05 Sep 2007 - 08:35
- http://www.windowsvista.si/main.htm?lang=1033
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#4.1 Posted by kiddingguy on 05 Sep 2007 - 09:31
- Link is not working.
And where does this link link to?
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#5 Posted by gigapixels on 05 Sep 2007 - 08:40
- Well I already encountered an issue, though I'm not sure if it's Silverlight or Firefox, but I checked out the HD Halo 3 videos (as pointed to on the Silverlight website) and I was unable to input any text in the birthdate fields. I went to IE and it worked fine.
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#5.1 Posted by Croquant on 05 Sep 2007 - 08:56
- Gee, what a surprise. Something made by Microsoft only works right in IE.
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#5.2 Posted by maddox on 05 Sep 2007 - 09:00
- Quote - (gigapixels said @ #5)Well I already encountered an issue, though I'm not sure if it's Silverlight or Firefox, but I checked out the HD Halo 3 videos (as pointed to on the Silverlight website) and I was unable to input any text in the birthdate fields. I went to IE and it worked fine.
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#5.3 Posted by NightmarE D on 05 Sep 2007 - 11:07
- Quote - (Croquant said @ #5.1)Gee, what a surprise. Something made by Microsoft only works right in IE.
Gee, what a surprise. Someone who is bashing Microsoft.
Works fine for me in both browsers. How about actually testing something out before bashing it?
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#6 Posted by Justin03248 on 05 Sep 2007 - 09:06
- So let me get this straight... silverlight is a like a C++ wrapper for low level .NET 3.x WPF code?
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#6.1 Posted by kaiwai on 05 Sep 2007 - 11:11
- Quote - (Justin03248 said @ #6)So let me get this straight... silverlight is a like a C++ wrapper for low level .NET 3.x WPF code?
Dear god *shakes head* it is Microsofts competitor to Flash and JavaFX.
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#7 Posted by Lastwebpage on 05 Sep 2007 - 11:04
- Where I can see MY version?
When I visit the download page I get "Thank you for installing Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 Release Candidate", but I am sure I had installed a previous version and not this RC1.
EDIT: Found it, rightclick on a Silverlight site schow me "Microsoft Silverlight Version: 1.0.20816.0", is this number correct?
Last edited by Lastwebpage on 05 Sep 2007 - 11:53
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#8 Posted by shadowmatt on 05 Sep 2007 - 11:38
- This is really a product no one needs and no one wants.
Its taken years for Flash to spread and mature. Just leave it alone.
Why does Microsoft have to take a good idea, ruin it and then make it Windows only (for dev at least) and if its anything like WMP for osx then while it may run a little it will most of the time mess up, be unsupported and always a little behind its competitors. -
#8.1 Posted by billyea on 05 Sep 2007 - 15:10
- "This is really a product many people might need and some selected groups already want."
Fixed
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#8.2 Posted by HawkMan on 05 Sep 2007 - 15:53
- Flash has been stagnating for years, no competition and flash itself is bloaty and slow.
Have you even tried silverlight, Igenerally hate flash and flash like things and their use in webpage, But silverlight it grew on me right away, sure I still don't think it should be overused like on all flash sites. But it's an incredibly powerful tool to expand on websites and make some awesome stuff. Flash s like a badly made toy compared to silverligh. I've seen silverlight load complex applications with detailed vector animaton far faster than you can load a simple non animated flash image.
And if you're going to go by need, there's a great any things peopel don't need but damn we'd hate to be without them, Cars, cell phones, computers, internet...
Stop being an anti microsoft fanboy and critisize things for real reasons and use your brain, not the anti MS herd brain. -
#8.3 Posted by geoken on 06 Sep 2007 - 01:08
- Quote - (HawkMan said @ #8.2)Flash has been stagnating for years, no competition and flash itself is bloaty and slow.
Have you even tried silverlight, Igenerally hate flash and flash like things and their use in webpage, But silverlight it grew on me right away, sure I still don't think it should be overused like on all flash sites. But it's an incredibly powerful tool to expand on websites and make some awesome stuff. Flash s like a badly made toy compared to silverligh. I've seen silverlight load complex applications with detailed vector animaton far faster than you can load a simple non animated flash image.
And if you're going to go by need, there's a great any things peopel don't need but damn we'd hate to be without them, Cars, cell phones, computers, internet...
Stop being an anti microsoft fanboy and critisize things for real reasons and use your brain, not the anti MS herd brain.
Can you give some examples to back up anything you've said? I've only seen a few 3D Silverlight apps and they all paled in comparison to Papervision (by far). At this point, it seems that AS3 is much more adept at handling these complex vectors you speak of than Silverlight is. -
#8.4 Posted by Jugalator on 06 Sep 2007 - 07:15
- Quote - (HawkMan said @ #8.2)Flash has been stagnating for years, no competition and flash itself is bloaty and slow.
Have you even tried silverlight, Igenerally hate flash and flash like things and their use in webpage,
Don't blame the underlying tech for its use. I'm sure the same will happen to Silverlight if it becomes common enough. The number of idiots using a technology is proportional to the total number of users using it.
Silverlight significantly reduces development and deployment costs and provides enhanced Web audio and video streaming and playback using industry-leading Windows Media® Technologies. Microsoft unveiled new Silverlight customer experiences on “Entertainment Tonight,” HSN and World Wrestling Entertainment, and also launched the Silverlight Partner Initiative, a program designed to foster collaboration among solution providers, content delivery networks, tools vendors and design agencies.
“Our expectations for compelling, immersive experiences on the Web are increasing daily,” said Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect. “With today’s release of Silverlight 1.0, we’re making it possible for developers and designers to deliver to individuals the kind of high-def experiences they crave by integrating data and services in rich and unique ways. Silverlight will further accelerate the growth in rich interactive applications by giving developers and designers new options for delivering great experiences that span the Web, PC, phone and other devices.”