Comments on: The Silverlight Installation Experience http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/05/25/the-silverlight-installation-experience/ Flash-centric application and UI development. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:46:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bill http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/05/25/the-silverlight-installation-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-21229 Bill Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:18:05 +0000 http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/05/25/the-silverlight-installation-experience/#comment-21229 My next post to my blog is going to be about difficult software experiences. I am often incredulous that in the year 2007, after more than 20 years of installation programs being written, processes are still as sloppy and difficult as you describe here. Before reading Steve Krug's book "Don't Make Me Think" I used to blame myself as the dumb user who didn't properly follow the installation instructions. Now I realize that it is the dumb developers who create an installation process so convoluted that it requires us poor users to try to muddle through as best we can. These application installations had better get better by their official releases, or they will suffer this user's disdain. My next post to my blog is going to be about difficult software experiences. I am often incredulous that in the year 2007, after more than 20 years of installation programs being written, processes are still as sloppy and difficult as you describe here. Before reading Steve Krug’s book “Don’t Make Me Think” I used to blame myself as the dumb user who didn’t properly follow the installation instructions. Now I realize that it is the dumb developers who create an installation process so convoluted that it requires us poor users to try to muddle through as best we can.

These application installations had better get better by their official releases, or they will suffer this user’s disdain.

]]> By: Craig Babcock http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/05/25/the-silverlight-installation-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-16877 Craig Babcock Fri, 25 May 2007 23:03:04 +0000 http://pod6.com/blog_wp/2007/05/25/the-silverlight-installation-experience/#comment-16877 I went back to the <a href="http://www.cjcraft.com/silverlight/silverlightsout/silverlightsout.html" rel="nofollow">Silverlights Out</a> game to see if the problem I was having persisted, and the game appeared and functioned properly, so I am rescinding my earlier criticism. It's all good. I went back to the Silverlights Out game to see if the problem I was having persisted, and the game appeared and functioned properly, so I am rescinding my earlier criticism.

It’s all good.

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