Comments on: US Olympic web site launched on SharePoint 2010 http://www.sharepointsharon.com/2010/02/us-olympic-web-site-launched-on-sharepoint-2010-beta-2/ news and tips about SharePoint and friends Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joining Dots http://www.sharepointsharon.com/2010/02/us-olympic-web-site-launched-on-sharepoint-2010-beta-2/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Joining Dots Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:17:22 +0000 http://www.sharepointsharon.com/2010/02/us-olympic-web-site-launched-on-sharepoint-2010-beta-2/#comment-77 Yes, it's the same debate whether the site uses Flash or Silverlight. Will be interesting to watch how the HTML 5 standard develops and what the future is for embedded media content. It's never ideal when someone has to first download a control before they can view content on a web site. And the legal wigs start to get involved if the browsers integrate the add-ons to save you the hassle... Yes, it's the same debate whether the site uses Flash or Silverlight. Will be interesting to watch how the HTML 5 standard develops and what the future is for embedded media content. It's never ideal when someone has to first download a control before they can view content on a web site. And the legal wigs start to get involved if the browsers integrate the add-ons to save you the hassle…

]]> By: Max http://www.sharepointsharon.com/2010/02/us-olympic-web-site-launched-on-sharepoint-2010-beta-2/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Max Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:47:29 +0000 http://www.sharepointsharon.com/2010/02/us-olympic-web-site-launched-on-sharepoint-2010-beta-2/#comment-76 It may be easier to make SP2010 to not look like a vanilla Sharepoint site, but there's a much bigger problem I see with this particular instance of it: half of the web would see "blue lego cubes" all over the page. http://twitpic.com/117ckv<br /><br />If your answer to that is "install SilverLight, you boor", my answer is Never. There is enough of a privacy, CPU-killing and in-your-face advertising with Flash as it is, and Silverlight is no better. It may be easier to make SP2010 to not look like a vanilla Sharepoint site, but there's a much bigger problem I see with this particular instance of it: half of the web would see "blue lego cubes" all over the page. http://twitpic.com/117ckv

If your answer to that is "install SilverLight, you boor", my answer is Never. There is enough of a privacy, CPU-killing and in-your-face advertising with Flash as it is, and Silverlight is no better.

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