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January 3, 2008
XUL vs SilverLight
So Microsoft may start using Silverlight on its website, probably because no one else is. So on top of having to deal with Flash (stealing focus, dhtml zindex issues on Linux) we will soon have to deal with new issues now.
So, when do we get a XUL version of Mozilla.com?
And if Silverlight ever gets used as much as Flash (which I doubt, just look at Flex), someone can write SilverlightBlock!
As a side note, I recently moved back to Silicon Valley (still at IBM), and in the first two weeks witnessed an earthquake, a bomb threat at a Lightrail station closing down a street in downtown San Jose and a Otter catching and eating live crab. Must be the Bay Area!
Posted by doron at January 3, 2008 2:06 PM
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The advantage that Flash had was twofold:
1) It was early.
2) It shipped with Windows XP, out of the box, from day one.
The reason Flash got to the dominant position it has is that there were few competitors and Microsoft effectively handed the field to them by shipping Flash with every version of Windows XP since 2001. Silverlight may eventually get the second advantage but Windows' position as a leader is much in question now (see Vista sales). Flex has similar uptake problems.
Posted by: Al Billings at January 3, 2008 10:20 PM
> So, when do we get a XUL version of Mozilla.com?
Aha this made my day!
Posted by: Flavio at January 4, 2008 2:13 AM
The NoScript extension for Firefox already can block silverlight.
Oh, and as for a XUL version of mozilla.com? It would never happen afaik, it goes against their open web ideals :)
Posted by: John Drinkwater at January 4, 2008 6:14 AM
Actually Flashblock twice accidentally blocked Silverlight without intending to (it appears that the ag plugin code is very fragile). see:
https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16953
and
https://www.mozdev.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=18316
Posted by: Philip Chee at January 4, 2008 7:49 AM
Silverlight is a competition to Flash video streaming.
MS develop it because they think about streaming.
YouTube is only one big site that used flash streaming and not Windows Media Server, shipped in Windows Server and holds ~70% of the market before Flash streaming.
Posted by: Arik at February 1, 2008 6:09 AM