Microsoft Silverlight is a rich and powerful utility for creating and
delivering various types of internet applications and media experiences.
Silverlight is a free plug-in, powered by the .NET framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works.
Built on the application framework that is completely focused on writing and reproducing rich internet application, Silverlight tries to use the power of its streamlined tool chain and services to outperform everything that Adobe Flash has managed to achieve over the last decade. On its launch in late 2007 Silverlight was completely focused on multimedia streaming, but over the years its capabilities were expanded to the current point when it can manage anything you throw at him – graphics rendering, multimedia, animation, and more. What is more notable, Silverlight can be used to create native applications that can run on Windows Phone platform.
As of today, Microsoft Silverlight can be accessed from all the latest versions of popular internet browsers – Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera, Windows RT OS, Mac OS, Windows Mobile, Symbian Series 60 phones and in limited form on Linux and FreeBSD. According to adoption measurements in 2011, Silveright managed to very quickly achieve adoption of 64% in modern browsers, lagging behind Adobe Flash that that was in uncontested 1st place with reach to 95% of browsers and Java that vas available on 76% of browsers.
Top Silverlight Features:
IIS Smooth Streaming
IIS Smooth Streaming enables you to deliver high definition streams that play back smoothly on any device running Silverlight.
PivotViewer
PivotViewer makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data on the web in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. By visualizing thousands of related items at once...
SketchFlow
SketchFlow, part of Expression Studio Ultimate, revolutionizes the speed and efficiency with which you can demonstrate a vision for an application. SketchFlow provides an...
Deep Zoom
Silverlight Deep Zoom is the fastest, smoothest, zooming technology on the Web, bringing the highest resolution images and frame rates...
Pixel Shader
These software based effects include blur and drop shadow that can be applied to any graphical content and animated. You can also write your own effect.
New Controls
Silverlight is packed with over 60 high-quality, fully skinnable and customizable out-of-the-box controls such as charting and media, new layout containers...
Media Format Extensibility
With the new Raw AV pipeline, Silverlight can easily support a wide variety of third-party codecs. Audio and video can be decoded outside the runtime and rendered...
Perspective 3D Graphics
Silverlight allows developers and designers to apply content to a 3D plane. Users can rotate or scale live content in space without writing any additional code. Other effects...
Skinning and Styling
Silverlight makes it easy to create graphics and then use them to customize controls, such as the look of a scrollbar. Silverlight provides XAML based templates for each...
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