Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter

Microsoft Silverlight is generating a lot of interest these days among both Microsoft and Flash Developers. One of my coworkers at work is an Adobe fanatic and he beleives Adobe Flash is far more stable, have more features and compatible then Silverlight. According to him Microsoft is attempting to clone Flash Player just to introduce another product in the market to capture a part of the market dominated by Flash. I think competition is always good and it helps bring up the best in you. So we will be seeing a lot more enhancememts in both Flash and Silverlight. And clearly we designers/developers are the winners.

I have done some work both in Silverlight and Flash and I think when it comes to integration with .NET Silverlight is clearly a winner (And yes I code most of times using ASP.NET, C# but my views are unbiased or atleast I am trying to keep them unbiased). But yes there are issues with silverlight when we talk about browser compatibility, cross platform, streaming (Complete list can be found here - http://www.onflex.org/ted/2007/04/m-silverlight-vs-adobe-flash-player.php ). We will see how Microsoft deals with those issues going forward.

Anyways to get more info about Silverlight you can visit http://www.visitmix.com/University/silverlight/firestarter/

The Silverlight 1.0 Fire Starter is a one-day event providing developers and designers information on the concept behind Silverlight as a technology, what tools are useful in development and the knowledge in order to start building their own applications. The eight sessions listed, are available to watch here and to be downloaded in video and audio formats.

While you are there look for other articles http://www.visitmix.com/. I like there unbiased approach towards development, design and business. And that reflects in there punch line too which is -

MIX is an ongoing conversation between web designers, developers, and business decision makers. We showcase topics and solutions that bridge Microsoft and non-Microsoft perspectives, and emphasize the inclusive and participatory nature of the next web.