"Microsoft today released to the web Silverlight 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com."
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Member since:2005-07-12
"All in all, i'm a coder, and i just find html horrible since the beginning and wished there was an opensource initiative that is better than html with vector animatable graphics and sound and a graphical editor. I'm just whinning around! No big deal 
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I'm not wild about HTML either. Unfortunately, HTML has been misused for layout and presentation, where it is very ill-suited.
That's were CSS comes in. With CSS, you only use HTML for anchors, then CSS for all layout and presentation. If used properly, all of your websites layout and presentation is controlled in a single files, or a number of subfiles. This makes the site much more maintainable, and faster, and ultimately, better looking.
CSS is a clean, elegant, easy, and powerful solution to ugly HTML.
I'm more of a coder than a web designer, but for web design, CSS can't be beat.
Unfortunately, I don't think people are fully aware of the power, elegance, or ease of use, of CSS.
Member since:2007-07-11
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@JeffS
1)It depends on where you go, there are also a ton of misused html.
2)I agree, i've seen this too.
3)Depends on your bandwidth (i've had 1mbit/s for 10 years now).
4)Maybe, with some exception, but it's much harder, even for someone who knows how to code.
5)Is not really a problem, that's why browser are extensible and can auto install plugins.
6)I already said i agree on this.
So you see where my view differs
All in all, i'm a coder, and i just find html horrible since the beginning and wished there was an opensource initiative that is better than html with vector animatable graphics and sound and a graphical editor. I'm just whinning around! No big deal