Today at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference, Microsoft is again demonstrating how we are enabling our customers to have richer experiences on the web by announcing Microsoft Silverlight - a new, cross-platform, cross-browser plug-in for building the next generation of Media Experiences and Rich Interactive Applications. Formerly known as “WPF/E,” at NAB we are announcing our new brand identity along with the incredible support from our partner ecosystem. This is just the beginning and sets the foundation for MIX where we will unveil the end to end platform/tools vision for developers and designers.
Microsoft Silverlight will enable content providers to deliver media experiences and rich interactive applications that incorporate media, graphics, animation, and much, much more with full application functionality on both Windows and Mac platforms and inside IE, Firefox and Safari. Silverlight users will also enjoy compatibility with the broad ecosystem of Windows Media (VC-1) enabled tools and solutions, including existing and upcoming IIS and Windows Streaming Media server technologies.
As part of our big day, here are some additional things that we are announcing:
You can learn more about these releases at the Silverlight Virtual Press Room which was also launched today.
As I mentioned, this Silverlight announcement at NAB is only part of the story, the rest will be unveiled at MIX including details about how Silverlight is a core component of Microsoft’s broader .NET platform. Keep your eyes on Mix07 as part of Ray Ozzie’s and Scott Guthrie’s keynote – be sure to check it out.
If it's "next generation", then what new abilities does it add to what people are already doing, today?
jd/adobe
Silverlight, as a name, sounds too sexy to come out of Microsoft :D
I can feel a storm brewing at Mix...
John, lets keep that a surprise for MIX. I hope you are coming.
I thought Microsoft was going to wait until MIX 07 to announce some of this stuff, but chose the National
That is fantastic news. Seeing the words "based on the .net framework" on the Silverlight web site is a relief given the most recent CTP had nada functionality in this area.
Soma: How about making it truly cross platform/cross browser and making it available on Linux and all the Windows Mobile versions?!
I'm sure the latter will happen, but from a developer's perspective having a version that runs on Linux (maybe based on Mono?) would be extremely useful. It would make many development technology decisions a no-brainer. Most developers would still deploy the resulting software mostly on Windows systems but not have to develop multiple versions to get significant cross platform coverage.
Tonight we announced the official name of wpfe....Microsoft Silverlight! This is the beginning of a bunch
Silverlight - The next generation web experiences(Somasegar's WebLog)より SilverLight というソリューションが発表されています。
Great job on the branding! I like it. Now please please please fix the "WPF classic" branding.
Having been involved in a few of the notably-mediocre names such as "Windows Presentation Foundation"
Ok, so I've been quiet, but I can explain it -- I've been working really really hard on Silverlight and
The official name as well as site is now out for Silverlight, which used to be called WPF/E. Lookin'
Microsoft has announced that the little cross-platform, cross-browser cousin of Windows Presentation
Ok, so I've been quiet, but I can explain it -- I've been working really really hard on Silverlight