So I’ve heard a few people today mention that Silverlight is going to be running on new nokia handsets. (Article 1, Article 2)
I especially enjoyed the end of the article 1.
Nokia is only prepared to say that a Silverlight developers’ kit is “intended” to be available during 2008, and that versions for S40 and Nokia Internet Tablets will be “confirmed later”.
Given how enthusiastically Nokia has endorsed every other Web 2.0 technology, its reticence is both uncharacteristic, and a little worrying.
Come on. Can’t microsoft stay focused on anything for more than 10 minutes. Please just show me another demo of silverlight running on my giant touchscreen coffee table. It works great when my cats not sleeping on it.
In conclusion. Microsoft please fix my Vista Media Center First. I would like a Netflix Watch Now plugin and to not have to reboot it every couple of days.
You know what I do like, SQL Server. Good job with that.
Thank you Ben for giving me my mornings rant. Its like most people without coffee.
Really though, are we surprised? Silverlight could be a good product if it wasn’t for the customary act of Microsoft tripping over its own 158,000 feet.
Hey P.J.
Agreed and it still may end up being a good product some day. I think the worst thing that can happen for Microsoft right now is if people actually install Silverlight. The rush to get it up to speed with features may lead to a bad user experience (bugs, sluggish performance) which can lead to resentment that can’t be fixed. An example of this is for me is Realplayer, you couldn’t pay me to install that thing.
Steven
I completely agree. The frustrating thing is, I genuinely welcome competition on this front. As soon as Silverlight started being hyped, all sorts of cool features started coming out of the woodwork for Flash, Flex and Flash Player. I personally am just very skeptical that Microsoft is interested in honest competition…
As you mentioned though, this may be all for naught. If Microsoft rushes this, it won’t stand a chance against an embedded (pun intended) technology that has been around for years with a core development community.