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August 9, 2007
Silverlight vs Flash: STOP IT!!!!
I’m 100% sick of these Silverlight vs Flash arguments. They are popping up all over the place and it is annoying. My problem is not people comparing the two to see which one they should use but when people are bickering about which one is better (like Flash vs Ajax).
As a perfect example, the AZGroups mailing list (.NET group) had a post about a “Color Picker Utility in Silverlight” in which Esther Schindler of CIO.com (blog: http://advice.cio.com/blog/esther-schindler) responded. To sum of my frustrations, I’ll merely copy/paste her email then my responses [since it covers all basis of this post]. This isn’t in any way an attempt to “out” Esther. It is just relevant that you see the posts as they occurred.
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July 21, 2006
Are Custom Toolbars in IE useless?
Well, I wonder what will come of the custom toolbars in IE 7. Most people I know used Yahoo, Google, etc ONLY for popup blocking (included), quick search (included; along with tons other search engines), and for inappropriate link redirects (good ol’ spy/adware that most don’t know they have; lol). I know there are other uses but the general public typically used the toolbars for this reason only.
Add those features (other than spy/adware) to IE natively and you get _________________________. (someone fill in the blank) I would fill it in with “a loss of toolbar downloaders unless the toolbar does something remarkeable that justifies the extra space taken up on my browser window.” :-) Kinda long but hey. Either way, the customization portion of IEAK 7 is great for businesses.
This coule be a great marketing plug. KM might have to tinkle with one just for the heck of it. Well, we all know what happens with internal projects. [cough] BACK BURNER [cough]
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March 29, 2006
MiniMicrosoft Blog - Disloyal Outburst(s)
Ok…I had no idea there was so much drama surrounding Microsoft. For years I’ve been a Microsoft fan (for software) but never do I get involved deeply enough to know anything remotely close to what this blog reveals. I understand a lot of the rants. Some of them are pretty far fetched and irrational while others are more rational. Let me just point out what I don’t like.
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March 26, 2006
.Net vs CF
As with my last post the same thing kind of applies here. Once I realized this it let me at ease a bit but made me wonder too. Microsoft has an uncanny ability of integrating their technologies. Most people knock Microsoft for this but I would classify them as strictly haters. :-) The integration Microsoft provides in the .Net framework is unmatched, in my opinion. So, let’s compare.
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WPF vs Flash/Flex
I can end the argument right here. WPF and Flash are completely different products. WPF and Flex are completely different products. Although these are true some people don’t understand or believe it so I’ll give my opinions but mainly facts.
(read on at your own risk…I get long winded) :-)
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