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May 2, 2007

silverlight vs jsc:javascript

Filed under: jsc, microsoft, silverlight — zproxy @ 6:08 am

Now that Microsoft has announced that they will provide CLR via browser plugin I need to rethink where my project is heading. The only use case i can think of is, where the silverlight plugin cannot be used but DHTML features are still needed. Basically it invalidates the goal of the project, as there now is a superior solution available.

That leaves only ajax frameworks in the competition – yay – but leaves out plugin based tech like silverlight and flash.

Anyhow I must say that the experience gained from writing such a tool that can regenerate code was quite enlightening. I now know a lot more how the MSIL works.

There will be a port soon on mono of the silverlight plugin. You can read about it here.

The next step might be to create some really cool client side gadgets, costum controls that do not require silverlight. Also maybe a google plugin would be great?

As a developer i can say for sure that a lot is going to change with all that new tech out there.

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