Comments on: The Future of the Rich Internet http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/the-future-of-the-rich-internet The opposite of every great idea is another great idea Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/the-future-of-the-rich-internet/comment-page-1#comment-28 Simon Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:24:09 +0000 http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/?p=290#comment-28 As a developer I need to target multiple platforms and as such I find Silverlight an interesting technology. I do however think that the postulations from the Microsoft camp that it'll be a AIR/Flex/Flash killer is somewhat miss-placed. I don't really trust Microsoft to produce an acceptable alternative to Flash and it will face an up-hill struggle against a technology that is now so deeply rooted in the developer/designer community. Adobe has always been good at creating tools for the designer/developer, hence the reason they are No.1, and now that they have made moves to opensource ActionScript 3.0 and created plugins for Eclipse, it can only serve to bolster the community. Basing Actionscript on ECMAScript is also a great move as standards compliance is key to the adoption and maturity of a technology. As regards Google, a lot of great ideas come out of Mountain View, but unless they make bold steps at maturing their technologies and moving things out of beta, I feel their technology will remain simply a play thing. As a developer I need to target multiple platforms and as such I find Silverlight an interesting technology. I do however think that the postulations from the Microsoft camp that it’ll be a AIR/Flex/Flash killer is somewhat miss-placed. I don’t really trust Microsoft to produce an acceptable alternative to Flash and it will face an up-hill struggle against a technology that is now so deeply rooted in the developer/designer community.

Adobe has always been good at creating tools for the designer/developer, hence the reason they are No.1, and now that they have made moves to opensource ActionScript 3.0 and created plugins for Eclipse, it can only serve to bolster the community. Basing Actionscript on ECMAScript is also a great move as standards compliance is key to the adoption and maturity of a technology.

As regards Google, a lot of great ideas come out of Mountain View, but unless they make bold steps at maturing their technologies and moving things out of beta, I feel their technology will remain simply a play thing.

]]> By: Ryan Stewart http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/the-future-of-the-rich-internet/comment-page-1#comment-27 Ryan Stewart Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:00:39 +0000 http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/?p=290#comment-27 So what do you think about these different options Simon? How do you think they compare? =Ryan rstewart@adobe.com So what do you think about these different options Simon? How do you think they compare?

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