Silverlight, Wpf Web App (xbap) or Click Once? Pros and Cons

Question

We are starting a new project and I\'m trying to decide which of the Wpf-esque develop/deploy strategies we should go with. In our case we are looking at quite a complex bus

Answer 1

You can add to the pros and cons of the usual stuff of the online vs offline debate. Some items:

Pros

wpf(offline):

• better access to low level parts of the computer.
• cpu usage is local, so you rarely have cpu load issues.
• not dependent of the net.
• no downtime for maintenance.

silverlight(online):

• Better control of users. If your users login, you dont have to worry with activation keys or similar stuff.
• It works on Windows and Mac.
• You can update all your users apps easily.

I simplified it a bit, there are gray areas in the list. I only tinkered with XBAP, so that one I'll leave out. The Cons are not hard to figure out after looking to the pros.

HTH