Category Archives: Silverlight

Open source DRM and what it means to projects like Web-Joost

Posted on July 31, 2007 by JamieG

Firstly I would like to say that this article is not about the possible evil use of DRM. In the blogesphere, the word “DRM” has a very negative connotation. I would like the reader to look past this and examine … Continue reading →

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The future of the relationship between web designer and technical implementer

Posted on July 16, 2007 by JamieG

There is a podcaster, Adam Hay, who does a podcast called RookieDesigner. Recently he asked for submissions of questions. So I have taken the opportunity to make a recording and send it to him. The recording is here. To quickly … Continue reading →

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One codec to rule them all, Part2 Web Video

Posted on July 7, 2007 by JamieG

To follow on from my inital post, lets now look into Web Video.The current players are; Flash Video (H.263 and On2 VP6) Quicktime Video (Older Sorensons, more recent H.264) Microsoft Windows Media 9. If we look at these, it is … Continue reading →

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Adobe Flex, and its secret source

Posted on July 5, 2007 by JamieG

I’ll get straight to it. The Secret sauce is… Drum roll… “Open Source”. Let me explain. Firstly, let me go back many years ago, when I was playing with Flash and Flash Remoting back in the early days when the … Continue reading →

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Google may have a weakness. Is Silverlight a SilverBullet.

Posted on June 5, 2007 by JamieG

As I posted a glowing comment on Silverlight the other day, I took the time to try and learn more about it. And from what I have seen, it is holding up to its promise. As such, I began to … Continue reading →

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