Comments on: Microsoft chooses Flash to market Windows Vista http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/ Mike Downey is the Principal Evangelist for Platform Business Development at Adobe Systems and focuses on Adobe's platform technologies including AIR, Flash, and Flex. This is his personal blog. The views expressed on this site are his and his alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of Adobe Systems, it's employees or partners in any way. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:35:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: dt008 http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17757 dt008 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:29:27 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17757 Silverlight version is much, much better. Take a look at the DeepZoom technology being used and you'll see why. Try doing this in Flash! Silverlight version is much, much better. Take a look at the DeepZoom technology being used and you’ll see why. Try doing this in Flash!

]]> By: Arabbible http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17752 Arabbible Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:28:51 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17752 MS chooses Flash..........I guess they wanted a winner. MS chooses Flash……….I guess they wanted a winner.

]]> By: oclement http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17742 oclement Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:53:32 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17742 Well this Silverlight version totally sucks! The Flash version was by far better. Well this Silverlight version totally sucks! The Flash version was by far better.

]]> By: Jman http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17740 Jman Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:45:29 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17740 hehe ... check out the link now, the made a silverlight site instead. Maby because of this blog. hehe … check out the link now, the made a silverlight site instead. Maby because of this blog.

]]> By: Rob http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17736 Rob Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:41:41 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17736 I get "Install Silverlight" No flash I get “Install Silverlight” No flash

]]> By: Billigfluge http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17705 Billigfluge Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:13:02 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17705 I totally agree with you Mike. But I don´t know why they burned money for silverlight!!! Flash is know for it´s advantages, the marketing firm realized it, too and everybody knows it. So what for silverlight when it doesn´t work when microsoft needed it. I totally agree with you Mike. But I don´t know why they burned money for silverlight!!! Flash is know for it´s advantages, the marketing firm realized it, too and everybody knows it. So what for silverlight when it doesn´t work when microsoft needed it.

]]> By: Thomas http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17666 Thomas Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:30:36 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17666 MS was probably too embarrassed using Flash...it seems they recently changed it to Silverlight :) MS was probably too embarrassed using Flash…it seems they recently changed it to Silverlight :)

]]> By: madaerodog http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17420 madaerodog Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:03:10 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17420 It was a .. "would you kill your dog to save you daughter" situation :D poor silverlight dog. Bottom line Vista has credibility issues on his own as an os, so further problems even with the site had to be dodged. And Flash was there to save the day :) It was a .. “would you kill your dog to save you daughter” situation :D poor silverlight dog.

Bottom line Vista has credibility issues on his own as an os, so further problems even with the site had to be dodged. And Flash was there to save the day :)

]]> By: Mike Downey http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17317 Mike Downey Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:22:54 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17317 I can almost guarantee that this site was built by an outside agency and commissioned by a marketing team that may not have even been familiar with Silverlight - or they wanted to make sure visitors could actually view the site without installing their plugin. It's difficult to justify a plugin install with marketing-related content (vs destination content that people really want to see/use). We struggled with this problem with the Flash Player for years before it became so ubiquitous, thanks mostly to the explosion of online video. Pushing Silverlight out to Vista/XP users will help MSFT but I don't think they'll get huge, Flash Player-like, numbers until there is really compelling content driving downloads (like YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, etc). I can almost guarantee that this site was built by an outside agency and commissioned by a marketing team that may not have even been familiar with Silverlight - or they wanted to make sure visitors could actually view the site without installing their plugin.

It’s difficult to justify a plugin install with marketing-related content (vs destination content that people really want to see/use). We struggled with this problem with the Flash Player for years before it became so ubiquitous, thanks mostly to the explosion of online video. Pushing Silverlight out to Vista/XP users will help MSFT but I don’t think they’ll get huge, Flash Player-like, numbers until there is really compelling content driving downloads (like YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, etc).

]]> By: Satheesh http://madowney.com/blog/2008/07/30/microsoft-chooses-flash-to-market-windows-vista/#comment-17313 Satheesh Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:34:26 +0000 http://madowney.com/blog/?p=397#comment-17313 well 'madaerodog'... its actually a trash bag :) Flash rocks :) well ‘madaerodog’… its actually a trash bag :)
Flash rocks :)

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