Comments on: Adobe Flash 10 vs. Microsoft Silverlight 2

By: Joe 6 pack

Joe 6 pack — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:44:50 +0000

One aspect not discussed is the rendering performance.
It looks like you need a lot of CPU power to get a decent experinece with flash.
Silverlight is a lot lighter and less demanding.
That makes flash a bad choice for netbooks or old hardware.
See: http://www.formortals.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/169/Default.aspx

By: Rob Gonda

Rob Gonda — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:53:24 +0000

Great link @Richard, many thanks.

By: Richard Jahmarkt

Richard Jahmarkt — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:47:22 +0000

This web site has updated market penetration statistics for SilverLight, Flash and a number of other plugins:

Silverlight:
http://www.statowl.com/silverlight.php

Flash:
http://www.statowl.com/flash.php

By: Rem

Rem — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:51:11 +0000

Nice blog…