When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Dave — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:56:09 GMT

Easy choice for me, WPF requires too steep of graphic requirements for the corporate environment. Wish I could use it, but reality is it just isn't meant for the corporate PC world.

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Some One — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:48:49 GMT

When should you use each? Is only a question because to pull it of Microsoft does not have a complete cross technology platfrom with different views into the model.

Now the question is if you use both or multiple including asp.net. How can we have a single Model View Controller (MVC) type foundation/framework. Why is there a seperate library for WPF one for ASP.NET and yet to be announce one for SilverLight. Could there be a single Model, and Controller with the views being used for the given platform without having to (re)write a SilverLight Model and a WPF Model. How about just a seperate View built in SilverLight and one built in WPF and one Built in ASP.NET yet they all share the same Model and Controller? Could Microsoft now come up with a single MVC framework that cross all Presentation bounds without having multiple frameworks?

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Henrik Dahl — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:34:13 GMT

Isn't it only two operating systems, Windows and MAC?

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Filipe Freitas — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:38:43 GMT

What? WPF applications (.exe) can run on web browsers?

I need to get my Imagine Cup Interface Design entry (http://filipefreitas.net/blog/?p=1157) on my blog ASAP for everyone to see!

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re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Levi Page — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:07:13 GMT

One thing no one seems to mention is that the silverlight fonts look "horrible." The fonts in WPF look just as good as standard HTML and desktop applications. This makes silverlight useless for data driven applications in my opinion. Take a close look at the fonts, especially at small sizes and you will see the difference. Flash has always suffered from this problem as well. Also none of the controls look standardized. When it comes to usability, silverlight is greatly lacking in my opinion. It's highly overated.

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:16:50 GMT

BTW, your blog entry has been plagiarized without due credit:

http://kranthikiran.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/when-should-i-use-wpf-vs-silverlight/

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Randy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:58:00 GMT

Well saying that Flash and Flex have problems with fonts is Phooee. Flex and Flash fonts look fine. I ain't no genius and I ain't no Senators son but I know the fonts in Silverlight looked fine in Beta 2 and look like crap in the final release. Now it would be easy to figure out why with a before and after. Looks like Microsoft is going down the same road GM went. Nobody wants Vista and nobody wants Silverlight with it's ugly fonts. What happened to quality. I'm moving on with Adobe Flex 3 and ActionScript 3 cause it's the real deal.

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Sekhar — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:02:46 GMT

This is very clearly understand for difference between Silverlight and WpF

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Ash-Ish — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:32:42 GMT

Abe yaar I havent use it till now...

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Dean — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:44:44 GMT

Silverlight now supports embedding fonts...problem solved!!

http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/silverlight-3-custom-fonts

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Ricardo — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:57:18 GMT

Hi!

I was reading in other web-site you can run Silverlight OOB on Windows. Is it right?

In other words. Can we run a silverlight (no WPF) application Out of Browser?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Ricardo

re: When should I use WPF vs. Silverlight?

Roger — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:54:24 GMT

Hi Ricardo Ricardo,

Yes, that's true. Check out silverlight 3 official site (http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight3) for new features information.