Comments on: More Details on Microsoft’s ‘Flash Killer’

By: Flacito

Flacito — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:06:40 +0000

Interesting…I wonder if Microsoft also going to convert video like Arrested Development (http://arresteddevelopment.msn.com) over to WPF/E?

By: Luke Hubbard

Luke Hubbard — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:35:16 +0000

I don't think microsoft can ever come up with a flash killer. Even if on a par or superior to flash, flash developers are very unlikely to make the switch to some visual studio type setup. It just wont happen. Sure microsoft shops will love this stuff, but the flash community will be staying on the adobe / open source side of the fence.

There is a lot to learn when building visual interfaces mixing programming and animation. It takes years. Think back to the bad old days of crappy intros and I think you might see what we have to look forward to from microsoft developers picking up this new tool. As ever there is more to the game than just tools, its about community knowlege.

Oh, and although it may run on a mac, you cant build it on a mac, so that cuts out most designers I know.

In summary, flash killer? I dont think so.

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:59:08 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Brian. I wish more people implemented that!

By: Brian Deitte

Brian Deitte — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:39:23 +0000

I haven’t checked out the preview myself, but it’ll be interesting to see how well WPF/E runs on Mac (or any other OS).

Also, Flash can support back/forward buttons, and Flex has this built-in: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/docs/00000977.html