[dba-Tech] The state of the web

AFAIK, SIlverlight is a plugin for most major browsers on x86 based WIndows and Mac only.

Not Opera
Not Linux or Android
Not ARM 

That's probably why it s used on less tha 0.5% of websites :-(

-- 
Stuart

On 5 Dec 2012 at 13:16, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> LightSwitch looks like a great application allowing very quick development
> but have not had an opportunity to use it myself.
> 
> SilverLight is a browser plugin and though I have not used it, doubt that it
> is allowed on all browsers and on all platforms?
> 
> Jim  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:33 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The state of the web
> 
> Hi Jim
> 
> So true.
> 
> My latest small apps were created in LightSwitch and deployed to an external
> host running at a ridicously low monthly charge even though it operates
> ultra reliably.
> I never communicated with the client other than by e-mail, and finally
> posted the URLs to the apps to be launched with SilverLight on the client's
> mix of Mac and Windows computers.
> 
> Can't be easier, except if the new HTML5 client of LightSwitch had been used
> but I'm not there yet.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> 
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Lawrence
> Sendt: 4. december 2012 21:04
> Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Emne: [dba-Tech] The state of the web
> 
> The web world is more than ever becoming "the" computer world. Most
> development is now done on the web. Whether the Cloud will eventually
> replace most in-house server based systems is debatable and will require
> much more security, management and backup features before it will be
> completely trustable.
> 
> Apple, via Steve Jobs, stopped the whole advance of plug-in technology which
> was patching up browser functionality. It was not done for altruistic
> reasons but to stop third party application from skipping the Apple toll
> booth. But it did have a very important unexpected side-affect. It made
> browser designers dependant on open standards, superfast browsers, gave them
> the ability/responsibility for controlling security, that plug-in would
> never allow and the dominance of HTML5 and CSS3.
> 
> Whether Mark Zuckerberg, likes or dislikes HTML5 is not important as the
> proprietary insecure plug-in world of the past is dead and dying...in fact
> he is trying to buck the tide. How many users will allow another vulnerable
> plug-in to install on their system so they can play a game or two? The other
> option is to use a proprietary server language. It can be built very fast
> but it does not take long before thousands of users will grind the whole
> system to a stop and then huge farms of special servers have to
> integrated...very expensive to own and very expensive to maintain. Those
> type of application solutions, on so many levels are no longer workable.
> 
> The new web world is more and more evolving into distributive open
> standards, where data presentation is managed on the browsers and delegating
> servers for only managing the data marshalling, gathering and storing. 
> 
> http://www.thesecuritypractice.com/the_security_practice/2012/11/in-defense-
> of-html5-1.html
> 
> Jim        
> 
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