Interesting. Some observations. I downloaded and installed the Silverlight SDK 1.0. I built the example project in VS 2005 running on WinXP Pro SP2 with no problems. However, it would be better to run this on Vista with the Orcas Beta (VS 2008) because of the generic XAML, WPF and .Net 3.0 and 3.5 frameworks inherent within those platforms.
The Silverlight build process produces a .dll. You need the Silverlight plug-in to render the resulting html page. Also, from a quick test, it will only render in IE and the Gecko range. Forget Opera, Safari for windows, etc. >From an accessibility aspect, a screen scrapper maybe be able to do its job. However, any attempt to work the markup will be futile. The Default.htm web page renders a "Click Me" button. Here is the markup behind the Default.htm page produced by the build: /////////////////////////////////////////// <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <title>FrankSilverlight_1</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="Silverlight.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="Default.html.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="Scene.xaml.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="SilverlightPlugInHost"> <script type="text/javascript"> createSilverlight(); </script> </div> </body> </html> ////////////////////////////////////////// Everything is dynamically rendered by the javascript. This reminded me of the need to use javascript (Sarissa library) to dynamically render XML via XSLT in a multi-browser environment on a windows operating system. If anyone wants the Silverlight project package that produces this, please let me know and I'll zip and email it to you. Kind regards, Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis D. Falls Sent: Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 5:52 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] SilverLight I know from a developer stand point... the .NET languages (C# VB.NET IronPython etc) and XAML are a lot nicer to use. I hate ActionScript. Lol Great angle to look at though... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Montoya Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:26 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] SilverLight On 10/29/07, Travis D. Falls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I have to ask... what do you all think of SilverLight... do you think it > is just another way to do Flash work in a different Tech. or will it be > more? It's a little more. I've been looking into it and the distinct difference between Silverlight and Flash is that Silverlight is rendered XML while Flash is a compiled format. Therefore, Microsoft claims that Silverlight is much easier for screen readers, search spiders, etc. to work with. We'll see if things really do work out that way. -- -- Christian Montoya Rhristianmontoya.net ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
