Microsoft Silverlight

Silverlight is a new web technology which can run on the different platforms. With this software, you users can enjoy the interactive experience of rich content and colouful visual effect. It supports mainly Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Apple Mac OS X 10. In addition, it also supports IE, Firefox and other popular browsers.

Pros:

• Support the display of video files
• Support cross platform
• Have the high quality video effect
• Combine the different files into one

Cons:

• Need more functions
• Need more instructions

Microsoft Silverlight - a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET Microsoft Silverlight (Have a new enjoyment to deliver the Media) (formerly WPF/E - Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere) was designed to be a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

Here are some key features of "Microsoft Silverlight":

Compelling cross-platform user experiences

Flexible programming model with collaborative tools

Efficient, lower cost of delivery, and more capable media solution

Connected to Web, servers, and services


Compelling cross-platform user experiences

Deliver media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web that incorporate video, animation, interactivity, and stunning user interfaces.

Seamless, fast installation for users, thanks to a small, on-demand, easy-to-install plug-in that is under 2 megabyte (MB) in size and works with all leading browsers.

Consistent experiences between Windows-based and Macintosh computers without any additional installation requirements.

Create richer, more compelling Web experiences that take greater advantage of the client for increased performance.

Stunning vector-based graphics, media, text, animation, and overlays that enable seamless integration of graphics and effects into any existing Web application.

Enhance existing standards/AJAX based applications with richer graphics and media, and improve their performance and capabilities by using Silverlight.

The Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha SDK contains documentation, samples, quickstarts and tools for developing Silverlight applications. Usage of the SDK is subject to the SDK License (included in the package).

Requirements:

Supported browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer (Latest Internet Explorer 9 News)6, Windows Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8, and Firefox 2.0.x.

Minimum recommended hardware: Intel Pentium III 450-megahertz (MHz) or faster, equivalent processor

128 megabytes (MB) of RAM


Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 is an add-on to the RTM release of Visual Studio 2008 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha. It provides a Silverlight project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# or Visual Basic.

The project system includes:

Visual Basic and C# Project templates

Intellisense and code generators for XAML

Debugging of Silverlight applications

Web reference support

Integration with Expression Blend

Requirements for Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008:

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha for Windows

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Standard or above

Microsoft ASP.NET Futures (Mix 07) [Optional

Microsoft Expression Blend [Optional

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