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Interesting... How do you see SilverLight (or Flash) being used as part
of a documentation strategy. Would it be for the interactivity, good
looks, or both?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Borokowski [mailto:athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:52 PM
> To: Dan Beall; techwr-l
> Subject: RE: SWF or Silverlight?
>
> Good point. What's interesting about this contest, SilverLight versus
> Flash, is that SilverLight comes along after Flash developed through
> several generations and the limitations of different approaches could
> be seen. It's a next generation tool as a result. Whether that's fair
> or not is someone else's debate, but I intend to use the likely winner
> as part of a long-term documentation/training strategy.
>
> --- Dan Beall <DanBeall -at- componentone -dot- com> wrote:
>
> > Don't forget another (unrelated) point. SilverLight processes
> > differently than Flash and will most often load much faster.
>
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