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Is Microsoft serious about gadgets? | |
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| Time: 06:43 EST/11:43 GMT | News Source: LiveSide | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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If Silverlight 2 is Microsoft's shining new addition to the family (and deservingly so) then gadgets, both Windows Vista Sidebar and web gadgets are the all but forgotten middle children. In this article I pose the question: Has Microsoft all but given up on it's gadget platforms? | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (72.196.195.185) at 4/14/2008 8:07:31 AM |
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Look at the non-attention they gave to a feature people PAID for, Ultimate Extra's.
Gadgets do not make MS money. They never stood a chance. TL |
| #2 By 28801 (65.90.202.10) at 4/14/2008 8:18:42 AM |
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Gadgets can be coded by anyone - you don't need Microsoft for this! That said, MS should emphasize, embrace, and enhance the gadget development community much like FF has done with their add-ins.
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| #3 By 82766 (202.154.80.82) at 4/14/2008 6:45:55 PM |
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I really think we need to "get over" the Ultimate Extra's issue myself... yep I paid the extra and got had like others. I personally feel it was the changing of the guard with Mr SS coming in to run Windows division that caused the destruction of the extras group :)
No gadgets don't make Microsoft any money, they were never intended to. Does Google's gadgets or Yahoo's widget's make them any money? not that I know of but again, I doubt they were ever intended to. They are a lot of very "cool and funky" heck, even useful "gadgets" available - from all three "gadget platforms". Silverlight was never designed to replace gadgets at all. Its nothing to do with gadgets... but it is possible to use it for them as well. Its like WPF... as "base structure" upon which your application (or at least code) can use. This post was edited by MyBlueRex on Monday, April 14, 2008 at 19:07. |
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