Michael Arrington argues silverlight is the future of the web

Re:Michael Arrington argues silverlight is the future of the... by mxh on Tuesday May 01, 2007 @11:57PM (#18585)

Question: Is silverlight really part of "the web"? For that matter, is Flash? (Were applets?) It seems to me that "the web" consists of things built around W3C standards, to a first approximation.

Just because something plugs into a browser doesn't make it part of "the web"; that's just a sneaky way to put a thick client on the user's computer.

I'd argue that Silverlight _might_ be the future, but it's not the web. (Whether that would suit MSFT just fine is, of course, open to speculation.)

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Re:Michael Arrington argues silverlight is the future of the... by paul on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @02:12PM (#18784)

If it appears in my browser window and works pretty much anywhere, then it's part of the web. Technical details are irrelevant.

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Re:Michael Arrington argues silverlight is the future of the... by ralph on Friday May 04, 2007 @09:18AM (#19353)

But it doesn't appear. There's this odd jigsaw piece and stuff about "plugins".

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