Mashable.com has a poll up about Microsoft Silverlight’s monopoly on all Olympic video content. So far it’s about 50% / 50% love/hate for Silverfish.
Frak, did I slip and call it Silverfish again? My bad. :-)
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If the Silverlight implentation of the Olympics coverage would bring anything more to the table that the Flash version does (really, 4 video feeds? what, is this CNN’s political coverage?) then I might be happier with it. I mean, besides the fact you have to install some bloatware that makes my Mac unhappy, but I degress. Had they done something as innovative as http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/docroot/tourtracker2008/AdobeTourTracker.html I think it would have been palitable. Microsoft, this just screams “I want to be popular too! Look I can do 4 video feeds!!”. Beh.
The only thing that could get me to install Silverlight is if ESPN or NFL.com used it exclusively. But you’re right, MS had the opportunity to hit a homerun with this. Come up with something really innovative with the UX. But from what I understand they’re pretty much just showing videos. Maybe they should have gotten the XBox team of UX designers in on this. It might have been more impressive.
I LOVE you disclaimer! I might stole it!! :)
@Savvas, run with it man!