L'annonce est officielle: Voici Microsoft Silverlight !
Lors de l’événement National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) à Las Vegas, Microsoft a présenté Silverlight (connu sous le nom de code WPF/e), un nouveau plug-in multi-navigateur et multi-plateformes (Mac/Windows) qui permet de diffuser une nouvelle génération d’applications riches et interactives (RIAs). Simple et léger à déployer, cette solution ouvre de nouveaux horizons avec une expérience utilisateur riche sur le Web, mixant diversités de média en particulier la vidéo et applications hautement interactives.
Silverligh est une nouvelle solution pour toutes les entreprises, en particulier dans le secteur des médias, désirant délivrer une expérience riche sur le web avec des contenus de haute qualité tout en contrôlant et minimisant les coûts de la diffusion. A noter également, Silverlight est compatible avec les millions d’heures de contenus existants au format Windows Media.
De nombreux partenaires dans les secteurs de la production et diffusion de contenu supportent déjà cette plateforme : Akamai, BBC, Brightcove, Eyeblaster, Limelight, Major League Baseball, Netflix, Skinkers, Sonic Solutions, SyncCast, Tarari, Telestream, Universal Music Group, and Verisign/Kontiki.
Sur le Web, la demande pour des applications proposant une expérience utilisateur riche et interactive explose, mais les coûts associés à la production et diffusion de ces applications doivent rester maîtrisés. C’est avec ce double objectif en tête que Microsoft propose une plateforme complète accompagnée d’outils appropriés qui favorisent la collaboration entre des développeurs et designers, facilitant ainsi la production de ces nouvelles expériences.
Microsoft présentera les détails de Silverlight lors de l’événement MIX à Las Vegas, le 30 Avril 2007.
Le site www.microsoft.com/silverlight
Les infos point par point:
Compelling Cross-Platform User Experiences
· Deliver media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIA) for the Web that incorporate video, animation, interactivity and stunning user interfaces.
· Seamless, fast installation for end users thanks to a small, on-demand, easy to install plug-in that is under 2mb in size and works with all leading browsers.
· Consistent experiences on Mac and Windows without any additional installation requirements..
· Create richer more compelling Web experiences that take greater advantage of the client for increased performance.
· Stunning vector-based graphics, media, text, animation and overlays allow seamless integration of graphics and effects into any existing Web application.
· Enhance existing standards/AJAX based applications with richer graphics and media, and improve their performance and capabilities using Silverlight.
Flexible programming model with collaborative tools
· Based on the .NET Framework, Silverlight enables developers and designers to easily use existing skills and tools to deliver media experiences and RIAs for the Web.
· Simple integration with existing Web technologies and assets means Silverlight works with any back-end Web platform or technology. No “rip and replace” required – Silverlight integrates with your existing infrastructure and applications, including Apache, PHP, as well as Javascript and XHTML on the client.
· Role specific tools for both designers and developers that leverage Web standards and the breadth of Microsoft’s .NET application platform features.
o Expression Studio (designers) for creating interactive user interfaces and media rich experiences, preparing media for encoding and distribution, and creating W3C standards-compliant sites using modern XHTML, XML, XSLT, CSS, and ASP.NET.
o Visual Studio (developers) for development of client and server code with full IntelliSense, powerful debugging, rich language support, and more.
· Consistent presentation model using XAML, the declarative presentation language used in Windows Vista applications. Controls, visual designs, media, and other elements can be presented with full design fidelity in both Silverlight and Windows applications.
· Dramatically improved performance for AJAX enabled Web sites with the power, performance, and flexibility of Silverlight and the .NET platform.
Efficient, lower cost of delivery, and more capable media solution
· Unified media format scales from HD to mobile with Windows Media Video (WMV), Microsoft’s implementation of the SMPTE VC-1 video standard, as well as support for WMA and MP3 audio.
· Add vector-based graphics and overlays to media with support for integration of graphics that scale to any size, and broadcast-style overlays for tickers and closed captioning.
· Flexible ad-insertion solutions with video & animation including the ability to deliver fluid, broadcast-style video or animated advertisements without loss of visual fidelity or motion quality.
· Lower-cost media streaming with Emmy®-award winning Windows Media Technologies which can provide up to 46% lower cost of streaming delivery, and the flexibility to work with existing Windows Media streaming deployments. Even further cost reductions are possible with the upcoming IIS Media Pack for Windows Server (code-named “Longhorn”).
· Broad ecosystem of media tools, servers and solutions compatible with the Windows Media Technologies platform.
· Microsoft® PlayReady™ content access technology delivers a single solution for digital rights management support on both Windows and Mac for content providers (available fall 2007).
· Powerful encoding tools for live and on-demand publishing of media experiences with Expression Media Encoder, including hardware-accelerated encoding of WMV and VC-1 at up to 15x software-only performance when paired with a Tarari Accelerator board.
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