Microsoft has released the latest version of their “flash-killer”: Silverlight 3. This release brings along a couple of VERY useful features that a lot of developers will be pleased with.
1. If you’re a video publisher, you can take advantage of the new MPEG-4 based H.264 codec along with the high end AAC sound. Technically it means you can stream videos beyond 720p (which is 1080p at the moment) as Microsoft writes “720p+”. Along side, Microsoft is touting about its new streaming feature named “Smooth streaming” which according to Washington Post means that if your bandwidth is above 3 Mbps, HD streaming, as it normally should, will take place whereas, if it goes below 3 MBPS, smooth streaming’s dynamic capabilities will be triggered and the video will be divide into multiple chunks so that the user experience remains consistent on all sorts of networks.
2. Another KEY feature that the users would be thankful for is “out of browser support allowing Web applications to work on the desktop” which basically means, you develop everything on Silverlight and it works everywhere, on the web and on the desktop! So no different coding for different platforms now! We’ve yet to see how Adobe reacts to this as its already promoting Adobe AIR for the same purpose as microsoft!
For more information and details on Silverlight 3: click here.
Website: http://silverlight.net/
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