Microsoft Download Center: Silverlight or not?
Thanks for Ben's comment to my last post and a reality check! :) The new download center with Silverlight is in its beta, there are a number of usability issues we need to improve on especially that there are no accessibility features in the current version.
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14.1.2008 How to download and install Windows 7 Language Packs - MUI
Language packs or MUI packs are used to change the default language of Windows 7 to a language of your choice. For example, download and installing the French language pack will translate all the menus and options in Windows 7 into French.
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27.8.2009 Silverlight 1.0 Beta
Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web.
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3.5.2007 Silverlight 3 in 2009
Having made available for download version 2 of its Adobe Flash killer, Microsoft is already moving onward to the next iteration.
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18.11.2008 Silverlight 4 beta now available
Microsoft have just announced Silverlight 4 beta today at PDC09, that is available for download today. Silverlight 4 promises to enhance the overall user experience, improving speed, performance and rendering for browsers.
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18.11.2009 Internet TV to get Silverlight
Maven Networks, which provides hosting services for Internet TV, will announce Wednesday plans to add Microsoft's new Silverlight technology as a video delivery vehicle.
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13.6.2007 Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Available This Week
Microsoft is getting to move Silverlight 2 forward with the next development milestone.
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3.6.2008 Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2
As reported by us earlier here silverlight 2.0 Beta 2 for Windows is now finally available for download
Theres lots of new features in this release including, but not limited.
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6.6.2008 The Mojave Experiment - now with Silverlight!
Many of you might have heard of the Mojave Experiment, and some of you might have snickered at that site's use of another rich client technology. :)
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4.9.2008 Microsoft releases Silverlight 2
Microsoft today announced the availability of Silverlight 2.
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13.10.2008 Microsoft releases Silverlight 3.0
Today Microsoft launched its latest effort to "Light up the web", Silverlight 3 which is now available for download.
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9.7.2009 Microsoft to open source some of Silverlight
Microsoft is expected to show a new friendliness to the open-source community by unveiling plans to release the source code to a part of its Silverlight technology at MIX 07 next week, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.
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29.4.2007 Microsoft releases Silverlight 2 beta
Moving forward with next-generation software in two critical realms, Microsoft released Wednesday initial public beta versions of its Silverlight 2 multimedia presentation technology and the Internet Explorer 8 browser.
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6.3.2008 Windows veteran jumps to second Silverlight
Veteran Microsoft ISV partner Infragistics is taking an early lead on Silverlight 2, Microsofts emerging cross-browser media plug-in.
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5.6.2008 Microsoft To Release Silverlight 2 In Late Summer
Microsoft has been working like gangbusters to create the perception that its cross-platform multimedia runtime Silverlight is a viable alternative toAdobe (NSDQ: ADBE)'s Flash, and the vendor will soon put updated tools in the hands of Silverlight developers.
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7.4.2008 Microsoft Silverlight WPF/E Web browser plug-in
Microsoft on Monday showed video pros at NAB Silverlight, a new Mac and PC-compatible Web browser plug-in that provides interactive Web capabilities similar to how Adobe Flash works with streaming video capabilities superior to QuickTime, according to the company.
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23.4.2007 Project Indiana: Could Sun outshine Microsofts Silverlight?
At its JavaOne conference, which kicks off in San Francisco on May 8, Sun is promising a major technology unveiling, code-named "Project Indiana."
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8.5.2007 Silverlight 2, Microsoft's Flash Killer, Gets DRM, Just Like Vista
Microsoft's Flash killer, Silverlight, is on track to get digital rights management just like the company's latest Windows client, Windows Vista. Microsoft has faced a barrage of criticism over the content protection capabilities in Vista, and the subject is bound to yet again come into play with Silverlight 2.
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14.4.2008 Microsoft's Flash Killer, Silverlight 2, Released to Web
Silverlight 2, the next step in the evolution of Microsoft's Adobe Flash killer, has been released to web. As Silverlight 2 has reached the RTW milestone, the Redmond giant announced that downloads would only go live on October 14, 2008.
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13.10.2008 Microsoft confirms Silverlight 3 to launch on July 10
Microsoft is planning to launch Silverlight 3 and its Expression Studio 3 designer tools on July 10 company spokespeople confirmed today.
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29.5.2009 How to Install Windows Vista
For people with access to the Vista betas through MSDN, there is an installation guide.
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How to install another OS on your PS3
Who'll get the last laugh now? They said the PS3 sucks, is late, is too expensive, isn't worth it, isn't a bargain. Well, look at it now! It's shaping up to be something worth its weight in news.
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13.11.2006 Install multiple versions of IE on your PC
Ever wanted to test your website in various versions of Internet Explorer?
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10.12.2006 How to Install and Enable DreamScene in Windows 7
Windows DreamScene, a feature which allows a video clip, movie show, slideshow or animated image and picture to be set as the desktop background in Windows Vista has been removed in Windows 7, in favor of Desktop Slideshow wallpaper auto rotator. Although Windows 7 no longer supports DreamScane, the DreamScene function can still be manually added and installed into Windows 7 with a little hack in order to turn on and enable the DreamScene support in Windows7.
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13.1.2009 Microsoft: How to install a browser on Windows 7 E
Microsoft have created a guidance page on the Windows 7 part of their website, detailing how users should go about installing a browser on Windows 7 E the main version of Windows that will ship in the UK, that comes without a browser.
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15.7.2009 How to Install Chrome OS in Windows 7
Google unveiled Chrome OS in an event yesterday where they demonstrated the upcoming cloud-based OS for the first time in public. Source code of Chrome OS was also released which folks over at gdgt have compiled in a ready-to-install .vmdk file.
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20.11.2009 Microsoft patch fails to install for some users
Microsoft Corp. has reported a problem with one of its security patches released yesterday that requires some users to take additional steps to ensure it installs properly.
The problem affected patch number MS06-007, which fixes a TCP/IP vulnerability in several versions of Windows that could allow a denial-of-service attack. Microsoft called the patch important but not critical, and said users should install it as soon as possible. It was one of several patches released yesterday (see "Microsoft issues seven security patches").
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16.2.2006 Vista: Should I Install 64bit or 32bit Version?
Deciding which Vista version to install can be a difficult decision and can really limit what you can do with your system. Here are practical hints which should help a user decide which version to install. I decided to write this guide after installing 64-bit and 32-bit vista systems on several test boxes.
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12.1.2007 Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) 6.1
Windows Post-Install Wizard (WPI) is a hypertext application designed for giving users choice. While Windows XP offers many ways of customizing the setup process out of the box, its major drawback is the lack of being able to select which applications an end user may install.
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29.7.2007 Windows 7 testers - RC is a clean install
The latest post on Microsofts Engineering Windows 7 blog outlines what existing Windows 7 beta testers will have to do in order to be able upgrade to the release candidate.
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9.4.2009Microsoft Silverlight 3 available for download
Microsoft officials wouldn’t say a month ago whether the actual Silverlight 3 bits would be available by the day of the official launch, which
is
July 10. But it turns out they are available a day earlier.
Those
interested in the latest version of Microsoft’s Flash competitor can download it from Microsoft’s Web site. Here’s
where to get the Silverlight 3 bits.
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10.07.2009What Silverlight can do for the Microsoft Download Center
If you’ve visited the Microsoft Download Center in the last month or so, you’ve probably been prompted with a pop-up asking you to try the
Silverlight version of the site. Currently in beta, the new version of the MDC is meant to improve the user experience. Even if Silverlight has hit
version 1.0, there is still no Linux, no Opera and no x64 support, which definitely hinders on who can visit the site. It is currently unclear whether
Microsoft will completely replace the current site with the Silverlight version, but if that were to happen, it definitely would not be soon.
Here’s a detailed article about what Qixing Zheng, from Microsoft Canada, believes Silverlight can do for the Microsoft Download Center.
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14.01.2008Silverlight 2 Beta 2 arrives on time, available now
As promised by Bill Gates
earlier this week,
Microsoft has now released
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 as a 4.66MB
download. The
Silverlight homepage does not yet have the new download links, but as things change
(like the Mac installer being posted), this post will be updated. Just like previous Silverlight betas, the installation is very quick and the browser
may have to be restarted for the changes to take effect.
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07.06.2008An overview of the Silverlight 3 Beta
Just in case you missed our live blogging of the MIX09 keynote, we've got a full list of new features that are in the Silverlight 3 beta. You can
now download the Silverlight 3 beta directly off the Silverlight website. And for all you Mac users out there, there is even a version for you.
Fully supported by Visual Studio and Expression Blend, highlights of new features and functionality of Silverlight 3 include: major media
enhancements, out of browser support allowing Web applications to work on the desktop; significant graphics improvements including 3D graphics
support, GPU acceleration and H.264 video support; and many features to improve RIA development productivity.
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19.03.2009Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 released
After the announcement of
Silverlight 2
release, Microsoft has now announced the release of Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1 – a tool for harnessing the power of XAML, .NET
framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Silverlight 2 to deliver compelling user experiences for connected desktops and the web.
Expression Blend
2 with Service Pack 1 fully supports the newly released Silverlight 2. SP1 exposes two new features of the platform, control skinning and the Visual
State Manager, which for the first time allows designers to take complete control of the interaction model of their Silverlight 2 based
applications.
You will first have to install Expression Blend 2 and then upgrade it to Service Pack 1.
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15.10.2008Microsoft releases Silverlight 3.0
Today Microsoft launched its latest effort to "Light up the web", Silverlight 3 which is now available for download. Silverlight has come a long
way since its version 1.0 launched in 2007. It has even attracted big players like Netflix who use it as their primary video player. 3.0 brings a
host of improvements such as "Smooth Streaming" and "out of browser experiences". Web developers will also appreciate the built in support for GPU
acceleration. Silverlight 3 introduces more than 50 new features, including 3D support, GPU acceleration, H.264 video support and out-of-the-browser
capabilities to Silverlight.. The out-of-browser support will enable developers to build applications that work like Adobe's AIR plugin.
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10.07.2009Final Silverlight 2.0 ships Tuesday
UPDATED BetaNews has verified that Silverlight 2.0 has been released on schedule, and that the update process has begun. Meanwhile, a number of
Silverlight-related projects will be released as open source...
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14.10.2008Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 SDK Final Available
The Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 SDK contains documentation, quick starts, tools, online samples and other resources for developing Silverlight 1.0
applications. Usage of the SDK is subject to the SDK License (included in the package).
Supported Operating Systems: Windows
Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
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05.09.2007Silverlight 2.0 - Rundown of WebServices related functionality in Beta1
Maheshwar Jayaraman: Hope everyone had a chance to download and play with the Silverlight 2.0 Beta1 bits. I wanted to put up a quick post detailing
the features we have shipped in this Beta. We have shipped total of 5 features split across 5 assemblies...
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12.03.2008Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008
This package is an add-on to the RTM release of Visual Studio 2008 to provide tooling for Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 Alpha. It provides a Silverlight
project system for developing Silverlight applications using C# or Visual Basic. The project system includes:
- Visual Basic and
C# Project templates
- Intellisense and code generators for XAML
- Debugging of Silverlight applications
- Web
reference support
- Integration with Expression Blend
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27.11.2007Microsoft To Release Silverlight 2 In Late Summer
Microsoft has been working like gangbusters to create the perception that its cross-platform multimedia runtime Silverlight is a viable alternative to
Adobe's Flash, and the vendor will soon put updated tools in the hands of Silverlight developers. In a Thursday blog post, Microsoft developer
Ashish Thapliyal said Microsoft is "targeting late Summer" for its release of Silverlight 2.0, which is currently in its first beta release.
Silverlight 2.0 supports VC-1, WMV, MP3 and WMA content, but Microsoft has no plans to support the Flash video (.flv), used by Youtube and
many other Websites, said Thapliyal. Microsoft's rationale here is to avoid paying licensing fees and to keep the Silverlight download file size
as small as possible, he added.
"Silverlight isn't designed with an extensible codec model in mind, so there is no date/version
announced for this," wrote Thapliyal. A second Silverlight 2.0 beta is due in May, and this version will be very similar to the final release,
according to Thapliyal. He said no details are available about the roadmap for Silverlight for mobile, or Silverlight v.Next, also known as
Silverlight 3.
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07.04.2008Silverlight 1.0 Released, Linux Version Coming
Wednesday marked the final 1.0 release of Microsoft's new Silverlight platform for building interactive Web experiences à la Flash, but
the big news is that Redmond will extend official support to Novell's Linux port of Silverlight...
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05.09.2007Silverlight Streaming Publishing Plug-In for Expression Encoder
This is a plug-in that, once installed, allows to publish a job output from Microsoft Expression Encoder directly to the
Microsoft Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live service, using the public API.
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31.10.2007Is an offline version of Silverlight coming at MIX next week?
Ryan Stewart: There have been rumors for a while and today TechCrunch says theyve been hearing that an
offline version of
Silverlight is coming to compete with Adobe AIR. Currently, despite a lot of comparisons in the tech media world, Silverlight and AIR have
absolutely nothing to do with each other. Silverlight competes with Flash Player, a product that has been around for a very long time. But maybe thats
changing.
What theyll most likely do is release an offline version of Silverlight that uses SQLite. It would be something like
Google Gears where they install the database with the runtime then developers can write data to it and take their Silverlight applications offline.
They still live in the browser so in this sense, its not quite a 1-1 competitor with Adobe AIR, its a competitor to Google Gears. There are definitely
bits of competition there because one of the big value propositions of AIR is offline access, but theres a lot more too it as well because its a
cross-platform desktop runtime, something I cant see Microsoft doing.
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02.03.2008Microsoft Expression Blend 2 August Preview Available
We are pleased to present our
next preview of Expression
Blend 2. The Expression Blend
2 August Preview allows you to
create Silverlight-based
applications. Additionally,
you can export content from
Microsoft®
Expression® Design in a
format that can be used in
Silverlight-based applications
that you create in Expression
Blend 2 August Preview.
You may
also find
Microsoft
Expression® Media Encoder
Preview to be helpful when
working with video,
Silverlight, and Expression Blend 2
August Preview. Learn more
about Silverlight and its
community today.
Find
out more about what's new in
this preview...
Help us
improve Expression Blend 2 by
reporting any technical
issues. For more insight
into Expression Blend,
please see the
Expression
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15.08.2007TringMe proves Silverlight-based VoIP (sort of)
In a crafty bit of coding, TringMe has unveiled
a demo of a
Silverlight widget that allows outgoing VoIP calls to be made. The India-based IP telephone software company says that Silverlight does not provide
microphone support, so this widget uses Flash to access the microphone for the exchange taking place in Silverlight...
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03.02.2009Visual Studio 2008, .NET 3.5 Reach Beta 2; Silverlight 1.0 Hits RC
No fewer than five major
announcements in the
development field are being
issued by Microsoft this
afternoon, the timing of which
is by no means coincidental:
On the top of the list, Beta 2
of Visual Studio 2008 -- which
is quickly losing touch with
its old code-name "Orcas" --
will be made generally
available for download by this
Friday, along with Beta 2 of
.NET Framework 3.5.
But what developers have
been itching to finally try is
building applications for
Silverlight - the company's
new cross-platform graphical
front-end module - under the
auspices of Visual Studio.
Beginning this week,
testers can finally build
Silverlight applications as VS
2008 projects, by means of a
Silverlight add-in. This while
the JavaScript-oriented
Silverlight 1.0 is upgraded to
Release Candidate status, and
the second-generation
Silverlight 1.1 for
statically-typed languages
such as C++, moves from the
alpha stage to an official
Community Technology Preview.
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26.07.2007Microsoft Expression Blend 2 August Preview Now Available
Microsoft Expression Blend 2
is the professional design
tool used to create engaging
Web-connected experiences for
Microsoft Windows.
We are pleased to present
our next preview of Expression
Blend 2. The Expression Blend
2 August Preview allows you to
create Silverlight-based
applications. Additionally,
you can export content from
Microsoft
Expression Design in a
format that can be used in
Silverlight-based applications
that you create in Expression
Blend 2 August Preview.
You may also find
Microsoft
Expression Media Encoder
Preview to be helpful when
working with video,
Silverlight, and Expression Blend 2
August Preview. Learn more
about Silverlight and its
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28.07.2007First Look at Silverlight 2
Scott Guthrie: Last September
we
shipped Silverlight 1.0 for Mac and Windows, and announced our plans to deliver Silverlight on Linux. Silverlight 1.0 is focused on enabling
rich media scenarios in a browser, and supports a JavaScript/AJAX programming model.
We are shortly going to release the first
public beta of Silverlight 2, which will be a major update of Silverlight that focuses on enabling Rich Internet Application (RIA) development.
This is the first of several blog posts I'll be doing over the weeks and months ahead that talk in more depth about it.
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22.02.2008Silverlight SeaDragon - You've GOT to see this!
Larry Larsen: One of the best kept secrets of Mix is that SeaDragon has been integrated into Silverlight. This is ... huge. If you don't know about
SeaDragon (hands down my favorite MS product), you have to start with Blaise Aguera y Arcas'
incredible
presentation at TED last year. Then you want to check out the demo Hard
Rock Cafe put together for Mix (link coming soon if you missed it live). Check out the
interview with the Hard Rock folks here at Mix. And then install
Silverlight 2, and get over to the
Hard Rock Memorabilia
site and start playing. For the best experience, make sure you have a mouse with a scroll wheel.
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