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QUICKLY ITERATE THE FINAL USER INTERFACE, GRAPHICS AND FUNCTIONALITY OF YOUR SILVERLIGHT APPLICATION WITH EXPRESSION BLEND Designers and developers can work seamlessly together, sharing Silverlight projects, code, and designs for better productivity and quality. Designers can quickly create stunning...

UTILIZE THE HIGHLY CUSTOMIZABLE CONTROLS TO QUICKLY DESIGN A CUSTOM LOOK AND FEEL FOR YOUR APPLICATION WITHOUT BEING FORCED INTO CODE The online consumer expects a much more dynamic and fluid experience when they use the web today. Silverlight enables designers to deliver distinctive, branded and targeted...

DELIVER COMPELLING USER INTERFACES WITHOUT RESORTING TO BITMAP GRAPHICS BY UTILIZING REAL VECTOR GRAPHICS, GRADIENTS AND ANIMATION Customers have come to expect compelling, functional and easy to use interfaces wherever they interact with a company, whether it’s on a mobile device, on the web or in the...

USE THE TOOLS AND LANGUAGES YOU ALREADY KNOW AND LOVE. CODE IN VISUAL STUDIO USING JSCRIPT, IRONRUBY, IRONPYTHON, VB.NET, C#. The Microsoft Visual Studio development system is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers—whether they are novices or seasoned professionals—face complex...

SILVERLIGHT HAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE RUNTIME ON THE WEB TODAY. EXPLOIT ALL THE RICHNESS OF THE .NET BASE CLASS LIBRARIES INCLUDING XML, LOCAL STORAGE, INPUT/OUTPUT, GLOBALIZATION AND GENERICS. The Common Language Runtime (CLR) provides the underlying programming framework within Silverlight 2. It is...

HARNESS ADVANCED SUPPORT FOR 2D GRAPHICS, ANIMATION, LAYOUT, HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO, DATABINDING, NETWORKING AND CONTROLS TO CREATE RICHER EXPERIENCES THAN PREVIOUSLY POSSIBLE. Building a modern Rich Internet Application requires a set of technologies. First, to create the look of the application, Silverlight...

CALL ON MILLIONS OF EXISTING DEVELOPERS AND THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH .NET DEVELOPMENT TO HELP CREATE AND DEPLOY SILVERLIGHT APPLICATIONS. Silverlight has gained strong industry support from content creators, distributors, software vendors, and solution providers. Over 85 companies...

CREATE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, DISCOVERABLE BY SEARCH ENGINES, AND SECURE. Microsoft Windows is the most accessible operating system platform and with the standard controls, Silverlight aims to continue this accessibility seamlessly from desktop to browser. Despite having the power of the ...

INCREASE REPEAT VISITS AND BRAND LOYALTY WHILE DRAMATICALLY REDUCING CUSTOMER SUPPORT COSTS THROUGH COMPELLING, INTUITIVE, HIGH PERFORMANCE WEB EXPERIENCES. For many businesses the Web has become a key means of communicating with existing customers and attracting new business, overtaking more traditional...

UNLEASH THE CREATIVITY OF YOUR DESIGNERS AS THEY COLLABORATE WITH DEVELOPERS USING THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN EXPRESSION STUDIO’S CREATIVE TOOLS AND THE VISUAL STUDIO FAMILY OF DEVELOPMENT TOOLS. Talk to anyone building interactive applications, and they will tell you about the promise and the frustration...

PROTECT YOUR PREMIUM CONTENT WITH A CHOICE OF CONTENT PROTECTION TECHNIQUES: WEB PLAYLISTS, SILVERLIGHT DRM, WINDOWS MEDIA DRM, AND THIRD PARTY DRM PROVIDERS. With the explosive growth in streaming online video and rich internet experiences it’s critical to ensure your content and your business models...

ENGAGE CUSTOMERS IN YOUR BRAND AND CONTENT WITH RICH MEDIA, HIGH PERFORMANCE GRAPHICS, AND ANIMATIONS. Media Experiences include custom media players embedded in a Web site for viewing by Mac OS and Windows users on a range of Web browsers. Windows Media audio and video streaming can be combined with...

Now more than ever, experiences are about much more than “look and feel”. Great experiences are those that look great and work flawlessly. They entertain and engage, with rich, contextual and relevant content. They are easy to use. And they ensure reliability, performance and security, under real-world...

Last week Microsoft announced the release of the industry's most comprehensive and powerful solution for the creation and delivery of applications and media experiences through a Web browser. Silverlight 2 delivers a wide range of new features and tooling that enable designers and developers to better...

To commemorate Earth Day, April 22 nd , Internet Explorer has launched an environmentally themed campaign called Carbon Grove . Windows Internet Explorer has partnered with a carbon reduction reminder service to help increase awareness around one of Earth’s most precious resources.  You can reduce...

For organizations that want to reap the benefits of rich interactive applications(RIA) in a cost effective and efficient manner, we are pleased to announce the release to Web of Silverlight 1.0. To make it easier to deliver Silverlight experiences, we are also announcing the RTW of Expression Encoder...