Microsoft Silverlight

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Microsoft Silverlight

What is Microsoft Silverlight?  Silverlight is a new technology introduced in 2006 to allow the creation of more compelling user experiences for web-based experiences.  Silverlight was originally dubbed by the Internet community at large as a "Flash Killer" when its existence was announced, and the comparisons between Adobe's Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight continue to be made.  The technologies do, in fact, have a lot in common. Namely, the main goal of both technologies is to aid in the creation of Rich Internet Applications (RIA's); functional, online applications which go far beyond the limitations of traditional HTML and CSS.

Microsoft reached out to broadcasters at the 2007 NAB conference and to the designer/developer community at their own MIX '07 conference.

Some Microsoft Silverlight Features
  • Silverlight embraces vector artwork in a markup language Microsoft created called XAML
  • The Silverlight plugin excels at video streaming, and boasts high definition (HD) streaming capabilities
  • Programming Silverlight content can be achieved with a wide variety of languages (not just Microsoft languages either) including JavaScript, C#, Visual Basic, Ruby, Python (and more)
  • The plugin is available for both Microsoft Windows and Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers
  • As an effort outside of Microsoft, the Linux community has created a Silverlight plugin of their own
  • On the PC, Silverlight plugins are available for Internet Explorer and Firefox
  • On Macintosh computers, Silverlight is available for both Safari and Firefox
Silverlight Resources

Microsoft Silverlight on Amazon

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Silverlight Plugin Content Elsewhere on the Internet

Silverlight on Technorati
Everything in the known universe about Microsoft's Silverlight.
Method ~ of ~ Failed
Microsoft Evangelist Tim Heuer's blog with musings about, among other things, Silverlight.
Silverlight on Context
All the articles about my brushes with Silverlight on my blog, "context".
Silverlight on Tater Salad
Casey Rayl's blog "Tater Salad" which has several in-depth Silverlight entries.
Terralever's Silverlight game Zero Gravity
A game that Terralever made using Microsoft's Alpha 1.1 Silverlight plug-in.

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