January 3, 2008
2:24 pm
It looks like Microsoft is getting desperate about the dismal rates of Silverlight adoption by consumers and developers since its release earlier this year. According to NeoSmart Technologies, Microsoft is preparing a fully Silverlight-powered redesign of their website, doing away with most HTML pages entirely. With over 60 million unique users visiting Microsoft.com a month, Microsoft’s last-ditch effort might be what it takes to breathe some life back into Silverlight. The article notes: ‘At the moment, very few non-Microsoft-owned sites are using Silverlight at all; let alone for the entire UI.’
Microsoft, Silverlight, Website, Redesign
Source:→ Slashdot
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