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  Lazar Nikolov
  

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  Jun 16, 2011, 12:25 AM

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  When is Silverlight 5 to come? Is it the future of the web? Or is it HTML 5? What do you think?

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  Pencho Popadiyn
  

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  Jun 16, 2011, 11:11 AM

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  IMO silverlight will never die.... it is used in WP7 :). I am not quite sure, but I think SL5 will be released this fall.

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  Martin Mihaylov
  

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  Jun 16, 2011, 11:30 AM

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  The main driving force of the web has always been and will always be the HTML. Silverlight has its role to play, but it is far from dominating the web. It targets the business applications that run in browser and the more interactive web solutions.

   In my opinion the HTML 5 standard will surely challenge the top tools used for presentation of interactive content nowadays. In the coming years I eagerly expect it to become more unified for the available browsers, so I can try its capabilities. :)

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  Pencho Popadiyn
  

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  Jun 16, 2011, 11:43 AM

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  I don't like Html for several reasons:

  • Html is too complex and incompatible. Browsers don't all adhere to a single standard (and the situation with html5 won't be different).
  • Html is static.... it is not a programming language, its a markup language, so you can't do things like save user input, let users log in and so on. You need to use Java Script and other applications
  • Html is ugly to read. Because it so complex and there aren't any standard for formatting or composition.
  • Html is not pure. You know, you have to muddle up with JavaScript and CSS.

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  Martin Mihaylov
  

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  Jun 16, 2011, 12:08 PM

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  Yes, it depends on the viewing side. Each technology comes with its pros and cons. For the different viewers a feature of a technology can be viewed both as a pro or as a con. However the HTML was the first and it will be hard for Silverlight or any other technology to beat it and overcome it, I dare say this is impossible.

  For example, you said, that the HTML is ugly to read, but in fact it is pretty common with the XAML, as they are both markup languages. There are differences, but in the core, they are the same. In the end it all depends to which one you are used to.

  Anyway, the topic is focused on the features that Silverlight 5 will bring to us. To be honest I am still not familiar with any of these, haven't had the time to test the beta even. So will there be something tremendously awesome in this version, something like full support for 3D? ^^

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