Why I Don't Like Canvas

re: Why I Don't Like Canvas

nishantkumar — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:12:19 GMT

I extensively use Canvases on my experimental blog (http://www.nishantkumar.net/), mainly because I use SL 1.0. But, also because I load my blog posts as xamls, dynamically onto the child canvases.

I havent thought about migrating to SL 2.0, but would user controls be useful in such a scenario?

re: Why I Don't Like Canvas

Kevin Daly — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:48:02 GMT

I have to admit that only Canvas being available in 1.0 is in addition to being limited to Javascript one of the major things that dampens my enthusiasm for the coming-sometime-presumably-this-century first version of Silverlight Mobile - because mobile device applications *really* need layout controls.

re: Why I Don't Like Canvas

Dave Relyea — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:08:04 GMT

nishantkumar -

Yes, in SL 1.0 you don't have a choice. But in SL 2, you have a lot of options. The default project starts you off with a UserControl as the root element. You can definitely load dynamic content all over the place, including the root of the UserControl.

re: Why I Don't Like Canvas

Dave Relyea — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:12:09 GMT

Kevin-

If Silverlight for devices or whatever it will be called is going not be exactly the same as the "regular" flavor, I would be very surprised if it was because layout and the layout containers have been removed.

re: Why I Don't Like Canvas

nishantkumar — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:19:26 GMT

I have to try that out. Thanks, Dave!

re: Why I Don't Like Canvas

adefwebserver — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:37:36 GMT

It's kinda funniny but some of your reasons why you didn't like Canvas was some of the reasons we used Canvas for silverlightdesktop.net. You're right about over-use, but I think the Canvas is useful if you think about the things "on" the Canvas as being important. I use it kinda like a "grouping tool".

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