Microsoft Silverlight 5.0.60818.0 RC / 4.0.60831.0
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Microsoft Silverlight is a powerful tool for creating and delivering rich Internet applications and media experiences on the Web. Silverlight 5 builds on the foundation of Silverlight 4 for building business applications and premium media experiences. Among other capabilities, the Silverlight 5 beta highlights dramatic video quality and performance improvements, and features that improve developer productivity.
Silverlight is essentially nothing more than Microsoft's vision of a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in designed to be the source of rich online user experiences and to dislodge Flash from its current dominant position on the market. And when the Redmond company said cross-platform they indeed meant it.
RECOMMENDED: Use Silverlight in the 32-bit Internet Explorer process on x64 systems. Most browser plug-ins (including Silverlight, Flash, Java and almost all ActiveX controls) only work in 32-bit browsers currently.
Building next-generation business applications:
Fluid user interface enables smoother animation within the UI. Inter-Layout Transitions allow developers to specify animations to apply when elements are added, removed or re-ordered within a layout. This provides smoother user experiences when, for example, items are inserted into a list.
Text improvements make it possible to build rich magazine-style text layouts:
· Multicolumn text and linked text container allow text to flow around other elements.
· Tracking/leading set precisely how far apart each character is for full creative control.
· Text clarity is improved with Pixel Snapping.
· Text layout performance is significantly improved.
· OpenType support has been enhanced.
What's New in This Release:
Improved media support and rich UI capabilities:
· Hardware Decode and presentation of H.264 improve performance for lower-power devices to render high-definition video using GPU support.
· TrickPlay allows video to be played at different speeds and supports fast-forward and rewind. At up to twice the speed, audio pitch correction allows users to watch videos while preserving a normal audio pitch.
· Improved power awareness prevents the screen saver from being shown while watching video and allows the computer to sleep when video is not active.
· Remote-control support allows users to control media playback.
· Digital rights management advancements allow seamless switching between DRM media sources.
Text improvements make it possible to build rich magazine-style text layouts:
· Multicolumn text and linked text container allow text to flow around other elements.
· Tracking/leading set precisely how far apart each character is for full creative control.
· Text clarity is improved with Pixel...
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