Hi David, Good point, I didn't mention the target market. We're doing a corporate app. It'll be deployed on a server within the companies. We're only expecting PC & possible Mac clients.
Cheers. James. From: David Connors [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2011 13:03 To: ozDotNet Cc: James Chapman-Smith Subject: Re: HTML vs Silverlight - comparative effort? On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:31 PM, James Chapman-Smith <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: If I'm going to develop a new "web-based" application in HTML or Silverlight, what would the comparative effort be like? And really, what kind of pros & cons are worth evaluating? By HTML I am thinking ASP.NET<http://ASP.NET> MVC, but it could be something else ".NET"-ish. What is the target audience? If it is something that you're targeting at a mass market, using SL is suicide IMO. http://www.statowl.com/silverlight.php 40% of users either don't/can't/won't have SL installed. Wave goodbye to their money. -- David Connors | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | www.codify.com<http://www.codify.com> Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
