I've been dealing with some [harsh] reality lately, and no matter how you try to explain it, it seems like the audience seem to forget it as fast as they heard it.
Even though SL is still a baby (time wise), but somehow, I'm running into prospects who all think, SL is Microsoft's version of Flash, with Flash animations and fonts and look and feel. I just finished a project for a client, who from day one showed me a flash site and told me to do that look and feel, but better. Imagine a flash that has 10 years of maturity, and I have the challenge of doing something better with a Beta program.
The reality is that, SL, will be used for LOB (that's why this company wanted me to do it in SL and not Flash), but they don't want it to look and behave like Windows application. They want it to look like Apple and Adobe products. They want sexy and new looking apps that run on Windows and Apple.
It's very, very essential that your SL products, not only has the functionality, but has the new look and the cool behavior (Animation). For example, You should offer a series of effects on how a window opens or how a window closes. How panel opens and closes.
I was showing your samples today to some devs to get them excited about SL and telerik products, and they said: "Well, it just looks like Windows".
I'm not criticizing, but just sharing what I went through and what future looks like.
I hope your UI team, start looking at some flash sites and Apple products, because that's what people want from SL.
Hope this post had some value!
Even though SL is still a baby (time wise), but somehow, I'm running into prospects who all think, SL is Microsoft's version of Flash, with Flash animations and fonts and look and feel. I just finished a project for a client, who from day one showed me a flash site and told me to do that look and feel, but better. Imagine a flash that has 10 years of maturity, and I have the challenge of doing something better with a Beta program.
The reality is that, SL, will be used for LOB (that's why this company wanted me to do it in SL and not Flash), but they don't want it to look and behave like Windows application. They want it to look like Apple and Adobe products. They want sexy and new looking apps that run on Windows and Apple.
It's very, very essential that your SL products, not only has the functionality, but has the new look and the cool behavior (Animation). For example, You should offer a series of effects on how a window opens or how a window closes. How panel opens and closes.
I was showing your samples today to some devs to get them excited about SL and telerik products, and they said: "Well, it just looks like Windows".
I'm not criticizing, but just sharing what I went through and what future looks like.
I hope your UI team, start looking at some flash sites and Apple products, because that's what people want from SL.
Hope this post had some value!