Microsoft Silverlight 4 vs. Adobe Flash 10.1

superapecommando writes "The richest RIA platforms today (and for the foreseeable future) come from clashing titans Adobe and Microsoft, whose Flash and Silverlight platforms both combine excellent tools for developers and designers, broad client support, strong support for server-side technologies, digital rights management capabilities, and the ability to satisfy use cases as varied as enterprise dashboards, live video streaming, and online games. And each has spawned new updates, to Flash 10.1/AIR 2 and Silverlight 4 respectively, which put them on a near-level playing field. Which one should you choose?"

Alien Versus Predator

[Sockatume]

Insert your own joke here.

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[Anonymous Coward]

Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assaulted.

JavaFX

[mattwrock]

I know there is a Java bias here, but as a Swing developer JavaFX really rocks. I like that I can do the same things as Adobe and Microsoft, but code in my preferred language. The enterprise tools are coming out now, but the ability to animate objects easily makes you think out of the box for some applications. If you are a Java guy, check it out!

Re:To appease the most visitors with ease

[shadowrat]

Silverlight has abysmal support on WINDOWS! I have all the dev tools installed and certain Microsoft pages still ask me to install silverlight when I visit them.

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[Anonymous Coward]

A guy walks into a bar and sees a dog lying in the corner licking his balls. He turns to the bartender and says, "Boy, I wish I could do that."

The Bartender replies, "You'd better try petting him first."

Re:JavaFX

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, I was thinking that the headline of this article made it sound like a special olympics boxing bout. Then you mentioned Java's Swing and suddenly I'm reminded of the my battles against that UI framework and it's glut of useless layout managers. Given a choice between coding in Java/Swing and being assailed by a retard with a baseball bat, I'd volunteer for the latter.

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[Andrewkov]

Which one would you choose? That's like asking if you would prefer a punch in the face or a kick in the groin.

JavaFX

[characterZer0]

JavaFX

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[WrongSizeGlass]

A Microsoft developer and an Adobe developer walk into a bar. Neither one lost their iPhone prototype.

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[naz404]

Two atoms were walking down a street.

One of them goes: "Stop! I think I just lost an electron!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'm positive!"

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[TheJokeExplainer]

A neutron walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "How much for a drink?"

"For you, no charge."

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[TheJokeExplainer]

I don't think you grasped the theme here.

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[amliebsch]

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Re:Absolutely

[Anonymous Coward]

He said "computer," not tech toys.

Re:JavaFX - Oblig. Madbean

[Pinkybum]

http://madbean.com/anim/totallygridbag/ [madbean.com]

Re:Alien Versus Predator

[mickwd]

A Microsoft developer and an Adobe developer try to walk into an Apple bar.

Neither succeeds.

Apple set the bar too high.