Comments on: Microsoft: Silverlight will “Optimize Everywhere”

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Bing Maps’ New Beta | Technologizer — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:39:07 +0000

[...] trying it on an EVDO connection, which probably doesn’t help.) The new version requires Microsoft’s SilverLight browser plug-in to work, which will be a source of controversy: There are folks who dislike plug-ins in general, and some [...]

By: Bouke Timbermont

Bouke Timbermont — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:54:12 +0000

@IcyFog: “because Silverlight is a Microsoft product it’s worse” is just a downright stupid argument. Even though I really dislike flash and am in favour of pushing webstandards such as HTML5 and CSS animation instead of using plug-ins, I like Silverlight because at last flash has a competitor!

By: IcyFog

IcyFog — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:51:48 +0000

I won’t install Silverlight on any computer I own. No way Microsoft is getting it’s claws on me.
Adobe Flash is almost as bad, but because Silverlight is a Microsoft product it’s worse.
Not a fan of either one. I hate Flash based sites, and there’s now way I will give Mircrosoft traction.

By: Bouke Timbermont

Bouke Timbermont — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:02:23 +0000

@Reynaldo:
There is a vast difference between what MS say it will do, and what it is actually doing. While they announce they will optimize silverlight, that could just as well mean they optimize it a teeny tiny bit. Just like they said IE9 will be A LOT better in webstandars, will in fact it only gets 32% on ACID3 (which IS better than 20% in IE8… so they aren’t lying, but it’s still bad – Fx2.0 had 52%!)

But yeah, MS IS doing some things right lately: while I prefer my iPod touch, the ZUNE HD is a very neat music player, and Windows 7 did make me forget the Vista era of horror.

By: tom b

tom b — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:46 +0000

It’s just you. Win 7 really isn’t anything new– still not UNIX or anything. Zune HD? Still not an iPod Touch; and MSFT has no coherent mobile strategy.

By: ReynaldoRiv

ReynaldoRiv — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:11:05 +0000

Is it just me or is Microsoft slowly turning into a better company? Windows 7, that Notebook tablet, the Zune HD, Surface. It’s almost as if they want to change their public image.

I still wouldn’t touch IE or an Xbox360 with a 40ft poll, but at least they’re trying!