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Hot on the heels of Flash 10.1, Microsoft unveils Silverlight 4 beta
Microsoft has been busy churning out news at PDC09, already having announced the arrival of Office 2010's public beta and Internet Explorer 9.
Not to be done by Adobe's recent unveiling of Flash 10.1, Microsoft has taken the wraps off Silverlight 4 beta. A few of the key changes in the new version include support for Google Chrome, performance gains up to 200% over Silverlight 3, and multi-touch support.
Silverlight's Deep Zoom has also been turbo-charged with hardware acceleration. v4 can also tap into your webcam and microphone, and local recording capabilities have been added. Microsoft hopes Silverlight 4 will allow developers to go beyond the browser and create rich desktop applications -- another salvo at the Adobe camp.
There are a slew of additions and enhancements aimed at developers, network administrators, and kiosk environments -- you can check a complete listing out in the offical release announcement.
Can't see the video embed in this post? You need to get your hands on the Silverlight plugin, I reckon. Runtimes are available for Windows and Mac here.
Not to be done by Adobe's recent unveiling of Flash 10.1, Microsoft has taken the wraps off Silverlight 4 beta. A few of the key changes in the new version include support for Google Chrome, performance gains up to 200% over Silverlight 3, and multi-touch support.
Silverlight's Deep Zoom has also been turbo-charged with hardware acceleration. v4 can also tap into your webcam and microphone, and local recording capabilities have been added. Microsoft hopes Silverlight 4 will allow developers to go beyond the browser and create rich desktop applications -- another salvo at the Adobe camp.
There are a slew of additions and enhancements aimed at developers, network administrators, and kiosk environments -- you can check a complete listing out in the offical release announcement.
Can't see the video embed in this post? You need to get your hands on the Silverlight plugin, I reckon. Runtimes are available for Windows and Mac here.
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Subscribe to commentsKris120890Nov 18th 2009 4:04PM
I do prefer silverlight its just a shame most people us adobe flash. Its one of those things that microsoft have managed ship that works right out of the door.
Mark_CNov 18th 2009 5:03PM
Are they serious with the term "evangelist"? The stupidity must reflect in their programming skills too.
davidhuntley.personalNov 19th 2009 7:42AM
"The stupidity must reflect in their programming skills too",...Really? I'd wager it is in fact you that doesn't know their arse from their elbow as concerns programming my friend.
Microsoft hating doesn't help anyone. Especially when they're finally producing some great stuff.
Travis BjorklundNov 18th 2009 5:08PM
Silverlight 3 was too slow for my liking but if they can get better performance in more mobile platforms, then I'll be sold. Hopefully SL4 can deliver on that, I havent tried it out.
On my netbook Youtube studders way more than I'd like, and SL3 is alright once it gets going but kicks my Aspire One's ass while it loads, slowing the entire system down.
I don't think something like flash or silverlight should slow down any machine that can handle say WoW or other 3D apps without a hitch.
Let's hope HTML5 can fix some of these issues.
khebsNov 18th 2009 9:47PM
Where can we get the wallpaper in the LCD Screen? i like it.. post a link for it please ^^
theosNov 18th 2009 11:50PM
*Silverlight won't install from Opera ("Not supported"), but once installed through FF it works fine ?! Stupid c%$#&^^ !
epavilacionesNov 23rd 2009 2:11PM
Ha ha ha....Evangelist.
The crosses on the guy's shirt. John Papa...the name for "pope" in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and a few other languages.
This is too rich.