This post collects articles focus on comparing both Flash and Silverlight by posting various kind of articles.
1.Flash, Silverlight and the Open Web
Brad Neuberg, of the Gears team, took a stab at defining the “Open Web”. We at SitePen are very strongly in favor of the Open Web concept, because it’s the Open Web that has gotten us what we have today and will ultimately lead us to the best “web of the future”. I think that Brad does a good job laying out the characteristics that have made the web successful thus far.
2.Flash/Flex vs Silverlight…
I was cleaning up my inbox earlier today and came across this awesome slide that highlights the key benefits and differences between Silverlight and Flash/Flex model. I just finished the Adobe 360 Flex conference in Seattle yesterday and this slide helps me understand both the platforms much better. A quick search on the web also points me to Michael Schawarz’s blog which has a more detailed slide and a very active discussion. None the less, I thought this would serve as a good slide as I talk about Silverlight in my events this quarter.
3.Silverlight and Flash running on Google Chrome
Google Chrome is out in the wild as of a few minutes ago and I just finished installing it on my parallels Windows XP “box”, and got to say it performs cool enough and its flashing speed is quite welcomed.
My first impressions, lets say after my 5 minute walk I did around it, is that the browser executes really fast and stable under normal use, a couple of times got unresponsive while switching tabs, but nothing you painful enough.
From download to launch it took me around 45 seconds, and the way it configures the browser at start couldn’t been better: it recognizes my default settings from the computer and add them to the browser’s options.
There is still a lot to cover with this browser, but given that a lot of people will be talking about it generally elsewhere in the days to come, let’s cut the chase and let’s start talking Rich Internet Applications on Chrome.
Here are some of my first experiences
4.Why Silverlight 2.0 will Change How We Build Applications
I previously blogged about why I stopped coding in Silverlight 1.1. I want to make it clear that that is in no way an indictment of that technology. It’s just that I’ve learned from it what I wanted to and have moved on.
While I find 1.0 great for web gadgets and media, and found 1.1 very interesting to learn from, Silverlight 2.0, is what really excites me. It does for several reasons, some of which may not be immediately obvious when you look at the technology.
5.Java Media Components - Beating Flash and Silverlight?
Sun is responding to the prevalence of Flash video (YouTube et al) and presumably also to the imminence of Silverlight by announcing Java Media Components (Chet Haase’s Blog).
For the most part the plan for JMC seems sound, at least at first glance:
- first, focus on leveraging platform media support like Flash (FLV) and Windows Media Video (WMV)
- later, develop a new Java Media format and codec
But the success of any venture is not just about the goals; it’s about the process you follow to get there and your priorities along the way.
So here are a few suggestions to Sun to make this successful.
6.JavaFx, silverLight and flash challenger
Synopsis
Following my last post about silverLight, I discovered JavaFx.
As JavaFx is still rather premature for the highlight, I’ll cover what my views (and honestly, my hopes) are for it.
My background
I’m a web developer by passion, but as being a Linux fan too, I’ve been more attracted by Java, and it’s recent openness than Microsoft before. And especially since Java have been GPL’d for some times now, and that JavaFx will follow that path too.
Now, it’s true that .NET can be run on Linux platforms, but Java too, and from a longer time.
This inclination have made me look more on Java development than on .NET, and I admit that I would dig into JavaFx development with much more pleasure than silverLight.
But true, this is just a personal taste.
So, don’t flame me that I’m biased and didn’t took as time to wrote on silverLight than JavaFx.
7.A perspective on Apollo vs Silverlight vs JavaFX vs Flash/Flex
Introduction
In the last few weeks, quite a few RIA framework announcements and/or rebrandings were announced:
- Apollo from Adobe, which is a runtime to be able to enable richer RIA applications on your desktop.
- Silverlight from Microsoft, which is a browser plugin to provide a richer RIA browser experience.
- JavaFX from Sun, which is also a a runtime to enable richer RIA applications on your desktop.
8.Will Silverlight Outshine Flash?
Microsoft had a message to send customers, developers and even investors today: Silverlight will live up to its “Flash killer” nickname. It’s the only sense I can make out of a keynote that spent so much time on Silverlight, with emphasis on flashy demos, many from partners.
It’s no coincidence that the demos painstakingly and methodically covered most of the areas where Flash is used for content development. But there was an undercurrent that should disturb Adobe: an emphasis on Microsoft’s advertising platform.
9.Leveraging Your Flash Development with Silverlight
You’re not giving up Flash any time soon (and we don’t blame you.) But if you could get your Flash application working in Silverlight, why wouldn’t you? We show you the tools and techniques required to have your rockin’ Flash application rolled for Silverlight.
10.RIA Wars: Silverlight vs. Flex
I just love it when new technologies make my working hours as a systems architect and developer more productive. Granted, sometimes it takes a while before I catch on. I’m not really an early adopter (got my first iPod last christmas), but when I see something that can help me deliver a better product to my clients, you have my complete attention.
So about once a year, I venture away from my world of C#, business logic and backend systems and into the wonderful world of frontend and user interface systems, thinking that by now, after all these years, someone will have invented something that actually works. It was time for that again this weekend, and I must say it’s been a more interesting journey than usual.
11.Why Silverlight is nailing Flex
Over the past year there has been a huge debate between web developers all over the globe about what will become the standard in rich Internet applications. In the past few months it’s become apparent that Flex just doesn’t have the same developer buzz that Silverlight is receiving.
12.SilverLight vs Flash?
What’s this all about? A silver light versus flash light?
Nope. It’s about the great battle of two web platform. Silverlight vs Flash is a just like about Microsoft vs Adobe.
You can find how this two company having a Smack-Down on Mashable.
I found this information is interesting. Because Flash is the old but stand-firm platform on the net, I wonder how Microsoft silverlight tried to smack flash down!
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