Why we use Silverlight on Trioro.com

You may have wondered why we chose to use Silverlight on our own site, while we use Flash on our client’s sites. It’s really about looking to the future.

Looking to the future:

Flash is currently the standard, and is already installed on practically every computer. For our clients this is a good thing and what we typically recommend for the time being.

However, Microsoft Silverlight is a new technology that will help us improve the interaction and user experience for our clients. Though not as widespread as Flash currently, Silverlight is gaining fast and works across systems –even non-Microsoft. The plug-in (what you need to have to view a Silverlight site) is free and is quite fast and simple to install. Once installed it doesn’t not require any other change from the user, so it’s really quite painless. (Download Silverlight Now)

Also, with Microsoft sites ranked number one in Canada for visitors (from Com-Score) and NBC’s online Olympic coverage being delivered by Silverlight, its growth doesn’t look like it will slow down anytime soon.

Putting the technology to use on our own site is a small investment now, which will allow us to deliver more value to our clients in the long run.

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