Silverlight

Silverlight is a free plug-in powered by the .NET framework that is compatible across multiple browsers, devices and operating systems to bring a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works. With support for advanced data integration, multithreading, HD video using IIS Smooth Streaming, and built in content protection, Silverlight enables online and offline applications for a broad range of business and consumer scenarios. Top Silverlight Features IIS Smooth StreamingIIS Smooth Streaming enables you to deliver high definition streams that play back smoothly on any device running Silverlight. PivotViewerPivotViewer makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data on the web in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. By visualizing thousands of related items at once... SketchFlowSketchFlow, part of Expression Studio Ultimate, revolutionizes the speed and Efficiency with which you can demonstrate a vision for an application. Deep Zoom Silverlight Deep Zoom is the fastest, smoothest, zooming technology on the Web, bringing the highest resolution images and Frame rates... Pixel ShaderThese software based effects include Blur and drop shadow that can be applied to any graphical content and animated. You can also write your own effect. New Controls Silverlight is packed with over 60 high-quality, fully skinnable and customizable out-of-the-Box controls such as charting and media, new layout containers... Media Format ExtensibilityWith the new Raw AV pipeline, Silverlight can easily support a wide variety of third-party codecs. Audio and video can be decoded outside the runtime and rendered... Perspective 3D Graphics Silverlight allows developers and designers to apply content to a 3D plane. Users can rotate or scale live content in space without writing any additional code. Other effects... Skinning and Styling Silverlight makes it easy to Create graphics and then use them to customize controls.