I’d say more people gaining more skill is definitely a good thing: ‘Not enough people agree with me’Īs for now, Flex and Silverlight are far ahead of HTML 5. I’d imagine something like Flex being very similar: ‘I am opposed to the idea of choice when it comes to my development tools.’ Silverlight is an absolute joy to use: ‘I used Dreamweaver and couldn’t get on with it.’ I forgot to mention mobile browsers! So how’s silverlight support there? Is that a tumbleweed I see? In the mobile space, HTML5 support is actually greater than on the desktop! There are 10 million+ iPhone users with an fully HTML5 capable browser whereas the iPhone, will never run Silverlight. Windows/Mac/Linux, BeOS even? 32-bit, 64-bit, ARM, PPC, Sparc? Linux support for Silverlight is pants, at best. HTML5 capable engines are available on more platforms than Microsoft have had version of Windows. Ho ho ho, I almost thought you were serious there.
Where something like Silverlight is readily available. Websites are beginning to adopt and use HTML5 now IE can use HTML5 elements using a Javascript shim.
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Oh, notice how Google just released an update to GMail mobile written in HTML5 and using all the advanced features like client-side databases? Firefox 3 usage is greater than IE6, greater than IE7 in Europe. It’s support among browsers still has a long way to go The Silverlight feature set dwarfs the HTML feature set by a considerable amount…: ‘I don’t understand the difference between a structural document markup language, and a media runtime environment’ Arty Mc.Strawman! How are you today?Īs rosy as HTML5 sounds…: ‘I haven’t used it’. Nail in the coffin? Straw that broke the camel’s back? Hello Mr.