READ IT! (http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/28/microsoft-silverlight-girl-hates-spicy-foods-has-no-nose/)
Discuss?
Well, they started off with Nanami, so I suppose the success (it was, right?) of that prompted something like this. If it's one thing that humans learn fast, it's what is and what isn't good marketing ploys.
As for design and other things, let's see if the 'boards turn up with anything before getting all official. Waka has nothing on it yet afaics, so that's that, at least...
Oh, and you may want to edit title/post some, or people may end up thinking along my lines of "what sort of shitty silverlight spammery is this" or, nvm, I'll just post it myself.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/09/10x0928ib768igbdsdsds4f.jpg)
There we go, this is today's topic. Heave away, folks.
.....new win. 7 girl??
wtf is silverlight? explain.
http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/silverlight/default.htm
I FOUND DA PAGE.
I wonder if this is going to be a longstanding trend for MS, and if they eill ever try to pull this stunt on American geeks. I mean, these technologies ARE made in America...
Well... and the Americas do have geeks... regardless of how many...
Friggin Microsoft, taking a fan meme and sucky-ing it up by making OFFICIAL mascots. ><
In the biz, we call it "OH, EXPLOITABLE"-s.
I think that Microsoft is going a bit too far with Silverlight. I mean Silverlight is a nice little web plug-in that they have but I don't think you really need to advertise it to everyone with a Skimpy outfitted -tan (It does please the fanbase though). I honestly laughed when I first saw this, I laughed at Nanami a bit when she first came around too but I got used to it and liked the overall design. I'd like to see Steve Jobs and Apple make a move on this fan base as well! Let the great OS-Tan War begin! 95, get out the 'ol armor, WE'RE GOING BACK TO WAR!
Jobs and Co. should just adopt the canon Mac-tan designs... nothing would sell computers like a bunch of genki catgirls, amiright?
Not if Jobs has is say, they won't.
And as far as Apple is concerned, Jobs always has a say if he wants to.
Oh Steve Jobs, when will you relize you need to retire completly yet still hold stock like Bill Gates? Look at Lil Bill now, he isn't bothered by your all touch products and expensive, faulty hardware. Your iMac is such a pain in my ass when I have to fix one for a graphic designer, it took my dad and myself around 5 or so hours to fix one and we had to take it apart twice. Thanks Steve Jobs for making my job a little bit harder.
But I think that Apple's sales could double with the use of Apple-tans.
We are looking at you Stevie mai boi, we are looking at you...
Quote from: "Chocofreak13".....new win. 7 girl??
wtf is silverlight? explain.
My System Animator gadget uses Silverlight... lol
WTF IS SILVERLIG--oh screw it i'll go use google.
No idea, but Microsoft makes me update it to do shit all the time when I use my XP laptop.
Silverlight is Microsoft's alternative to flash (not that it replaces flash because I don't think thats going to happen anytime soon). They use it on Microsoft.com and Xbox.com so when you go on there you are going to need it. Also helps run desktop interfaces in Windows7 like the little side bar widgits and desktop animations (Don't take my word for it only being on windows7 because I know its probably compatable with XP and Vista).
so how does this hikaru chick tie in? is she like a skin or w/e?
and btw, at least they haven't tried to import it to the US yet. ik we're suffering as AmerOtakus, but the US kinda ruins everything good about international stuff when it goes all mainstream. Just look at what they did to fanta. :\
Yeah, the US is pretty crap at adaptation as a rule...
And speaking of adaptation, Let Me In, a newly released adaptation of the swedish original (Let the Right One In, based on John Ajvide Lindquist's book) is getting out to american theaters around now. I've heard boo's and I've heard woo's. Don't think it airs here yet (and I will not watch some crappy cam-rip, lol), so if one of you friendly fellows would do a demon some favor and watch it, it'd be nice. In case you like your vampires not-at-all-sparkly and such, it will likely be quite tasty.
mm, i wanted to see that, if i get off my butt and go see a movie for once i'll try to.
since m.night.shymalan didn't direct it, it can't be TOTAL crap.
So... it looks like Nanami was a success. Hikaru's outifit is a bit skimpy, but Silverlight is an alternative to Flash that deals with videos, animations etc. on MS's websistes, so a "flashy" (horrible pun maybe not intended) is justified.
At least, from what we've seen so far, MS seems more aware of the "official" -tan design guidelines than a lot of fans are. *looks at visbou and vistake*.
Hikaru has gotten a huge bump in pixiv imagery, though, so that count for something.
Quote from: "NejinOniwa"Hikaru has gotten a huge bump in pixiv imagery, though, so that count for something.
Huh. Wait. Were did I say that Hikaru wasn't popular? I know she's been pretty well received. I just said that, looking at Nanami's and Hikaru's character designs, we can say that Microsoft actually paid more attention to the fanon guidelines on how to create a -tan than most fans did when designing some of the more recent -tans.
True. I was just being le tired. -w-;
*lulz at end of ze world refrence*
Apparently, Microsoft Taiwan now has a Hikaru wallpaper download page. (http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/silverlight/collection.htm)
I think I like Hikaru's Halloween-themed outfit more than her normal one.
That is a quite savvy-looking outfit, yes...
actually made that my background on my laptop, is a nice theme for right now!
download'd. also captured a picture of hikaru from one of the landing pages, someone remind me to upload the backgrounds and the landing pic later.
according to /a/ sliverlight-tan AKA Hikaru has been dropped. Anyone confirm this?
i wouldn't if i were you.
ps. i googled it just in case, and we're no. 5 on the list of results. xD
she could have been a limited-time character, but i doubt it. since there's no news confirming this, i call it hoax. but give it time.
http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/silverlight/sis.htm
There are now sisters in the Sliverlight family!
Holy crap! Lei looks just like 3.1-tan! And Aoi's practically an older-looking Windows 2.0-chan... @.@
i actually installed silverlight to see them.
but now i wonder, what are they used for? are they some sort of skin?
This is part of microsoft taiwan's tech demo for silverlight. Silverlight is being used for cross-platform light weight development. and acts as a programming layer for windows phone 7 and xbox 360.
Fund out that there is also a Hikaru Screensaver for download, " http://www.microsoft.com/taiwan/silverlight/mission_vd.htm " nothing fancy but it looks nice. Seems MS is staring to make good stuff which makes also anime and manga fans happy. I set Hikaru for the logon screen; Nanami is in the media center background.
sweeeeeet. 8)