SWF or Silverlight?

[Dan Beall]

** Post from a Component Vendor, but this is not a promotional message
:) **

SilverLight will end being much more powerful that Flash. Instead of
ActionScript, SilverLight uses a subset of the .NET Framework. As a
result, more people will know how to work with it, what you can do with
it will be limitless, and there will be many more tools available for
it. The third-party support system for Visual Studio and the .NET
Framework is huge. 

We have a simple sample SilverLight page up and running at the link
below. At first, you will only see a link to download the SilverLight
plug-in. Once you download the plug-in, you will see the page. It shows
some basic SilverLight features and gives some useful information and
resource links. 

http://labs.componentone.com/silverlight/

Let me know if you have any questions.
Dan Beall
Product Manager, Doc-To-Help






> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+danbeall=componentone.com at lists.techwr-l.com
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+danbeall=componentone.com at lists.techwr-l.com]
> On Behalf Of Chris Borokowski
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 5:52 PM
> To: techwr-l
> Subject: SWF or Silverlight?
> 
> I saw Ms. O'Keefe's excellent review of FrameMaker 8 and noticed that
> it hit on a topic many of us are thinking about. For online content,
> it's clear that animation packages, like Flash (SWF) and SilverLight
> from Microsoft, are going to be the future of our video and tutorial
> delivery. They're lighter than video, embed in browsers and phones and
> stuff, and allow us programable control of the video content.
> 
> Currently, Flash is the market leader, but Silverlight appears
tempting
> to me. First, it will soon be installed on every MS computer possible.
> Second, it's supported under Linux and Windows, and possibly soon
> Macintosh. Third, it seems to be a newer standard unencumbered by many
> of the issues that are making Flash even show its age.
> 
> Any thoughts appreciated.
> 
> http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/productinfo/faq/
> http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
> 
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