How is knowing two easier than one? It's not. Let's see, in Flash we have Actionscript but in Silverlight we have XAML and then either C# or VB.NET.
It certainly doesn't seem to be easier to code than Flash. Then there's Expression Studio which feels like it's about 8 behind Adobe's Creative Suite but that's a whole other story. It's trying to move into the same area as Flash but it's still about 4 years behind in that there are fewer components/assets, no MovieClip equivalent, video and animation causes anything slower than a core duo to drop frames, no motion paths, no filters (drop shadows, blur, glow, etc.) and probably more stuff I can't remember atm. How exactly is Silverlight an "advanced alternative" to Flash? It's not. Ah, Betanews, source of wordy news articles and reviewers who have no idea what they're talking about.įirst off Silverlight is nearly 3x the download size of Flash player.