Thread: Search.overdrive.com needs a plugin
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Old 08-19-2011, 08:08 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Silverlight is never going to really catch on. It will always be a Flash wannabe.
That depends on how you define "catch on". It's used by the most popular (legal) movie streaming site on the internet. It's one of two supported programming APIs for Windows Phone 7. Also, Flash is on its way out as well, to be replaced by HTML 5. So trying to be Flash won't really work on in the end anyway.

In other words, Silverlight has its uses. Overdrive's usage of it is slightly ridiculous, though. What they're doing could've been done in plain old HTML/CSS/Javascript without any Silverlight or Flash. So really the issue here is that Overdrive is being dumb. Whether they're being dumb with Silverlight or being dumb with Flash is immaterial.
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