re: Public pattern library for Silverlight: The problem in short: I want to see Silverlight's portfolio. Building a pattern library is a suggested solution for showcasing Silverlight work. The specific PL execution means that it's in the parlance of interaction design, which is a major portion of the Expression target audience.
re: Silverlight plug-in: Two parts to this problem: 1) Plug-in issues hide SL work in web. 2) SL work in desktop apps is invisible b/c i can't install and run those apps. Part one story: Keyword: "should". Yes, SL should just go, but it does not. I can't install v2b2 because i don't have admin rights, so i have to wait to get that in order to view most examples. This is a typical reinforcer of pain w/ MS products. SL and Expression thus look less attractive. What if I build something in v2b2 and then v3 makes it obolete/inaccessible? I wouldn't pass that risk to my clients. Part two story: More of a marketing problem than technology. If there's really good SL work on desktop apps, I'd like to see some of the capabilities. (Of course, not asking to see proprietary stuff, just what it can do.) The core stands: I want to see SL's portfolio to see if it's worth using (SL/Expression). If I can't see it, I can't evaluate that. Or, worse, the evaluation ends with a bad score - sort of an "uncontested" match. What makes me think I could see this portfolio? Surface marketing campaign. Thanks for the reply. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:40 PM, J. Ambrose Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Jay, > > I might be able to help you out, but it is not clear to me exactly what you > want. What do you mean by "public pattern library" for Silverlight? The > rest of your post seemed generally about discovering Silverlight, so I'm not > sure what exactly you're looking for. > > As for requiring installation, what are you seeing that requires > installation for Silverlight? Once you get the Silverlight plug-in > installed, Silverlight apps should just "go." It may be that you have the > public v1 and are looking at Beta 2 samples? In that case, you do need to > get the Beta 2 installed as it is a brand new beast--1.0 was essentially a > media player that could be automated via JavaScript. 2.0 has 1.0 + a new > scaled down .NET CLR and all the goodies that come along with that. > > --Ambrose > -- Jay A. Morgan ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
