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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 IE 7 Beta 3 Now Download
Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Beta 3 has been designed to make everyday tasks easier, provide dynamic security protection and improve the development platform and manageability.
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29.6.2006 Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Available for Download
With Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 delivered in the first half of September 2008 and the feedback incorporated in the development process, Mozilla is gearing up for the next stage of Shiretoko.
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1.10.2008 UxStyle beta download
Rafael Rivera from Within Windows has announced that UxStyle Core beta now available for download.
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22.6.2009 xpy 1.0.0 Beta 3.1 download
xpy is a small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation.
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25.6.2009 Thunderbird 3 beta 4 available for download
Mozilla's popular email client 'Thunderbird' is progressing nicely, having hit the beta 4 milestone of version 3 just earlier, bringing some nice new changes and improvements with it according to the guys over at ghacks.
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22.9.2009 DOWNLOAD Windows Vista Beta 1
links updated
This is Unofficial Download page of Windows Vista Beta 1. Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft
This is Beta 1. Build 5112 for those inclined to such information.
Please post this on other forums and sumbit this to other news sites to help us. It will increase the traffic to the page dramatically!
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Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 DOWNLOAD
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is now available for download. Also known as the 1.8 Beta 4 milestone, this is the first beta release of the next major Firefox update and is aimed at testers, extension/theme authors and Web developers.
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Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 download
This is Internet Explorer 7 Build 5299, which is labelled as "Beta 2 Preview". This is not necessarily (and almost definetely not) the actual final Beta 2 build, that we should see some time in Feb.
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22.1.2006 Windows Vista beta 2 DOWNLOAD
The Vista Beta 2 x86 DVD is 3,200.15 MB. The package contains Ultimate, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Business binaries. As ever, the key used is what determines what SKU you see.
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24.5.2006 Official: Windows Beta 2 Available for download
As previously mentioned by Tekmaven on bink.nu, here is the offical blurb from the offical Windows Vista Website concerning Beta 2.
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8.6.2006 Longhorn Server Beta 3 download
Thanks to Radiance for this downloads. Here is several x86 and X64 versions of Windows Server "Longhorn".
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26.4.2007Silverlight 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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19.03.2009What 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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14.01.2008Microsoft Silverlight 2 SDK and Runtime Beta 1
The Microsoft® Silverlight™ 2 SDK Beta 1 contains documentation, online samples, libraries and tools for developing Silverlight 2 applications.
Usage of the SDK is subject to the SDK License (included in the package).
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05.03.2008Silverlight 1.1 beta to become 2.0 beta
The edition of Silverlight that Microsoft touted from the beginning as having the C# and .NET functionality that its 1.0 edition lacked, is evolving
from what it had described as an upgrade into a major overhaul...
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30.11.2007Visual 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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26.07.2007TechEd 2007: Skinning Demonstration for Silverlight Touts C# Payoffs
During an early morning
session on Thursday, Microsoft
program manager Chung Webster
introduced developers to some
of the basic concepts of
building Silverlight-capable
Web applications, including
the creation of customizable
video controls. The tools
Webster used were the Beta 1
edition of Visual Studio 2008,
the current beta of Expression
Blend 2, and the Silverlight
Alpha 1.1 version which uses
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07.06.2007Microsoft 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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07.04.2008Still awaiting Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2
There's not much time left for "the end of the week;" meanwhile, one of the goodies Microsoft promised developers attending Tech·Ed in
Orlando this week -- the next beta of Silverlight 2 -- has yet to make an appearance...
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06.06.2008Silverlight 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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12.03.2008Expression Studio 2 beta adds PHP, Silverlight 1.0 support
FROM MIX '08 While Silverlight and Internet Explorer 8 are getting the most attention at MIX this year, Microsoft's Expression Studio also
received an update. Version 2.0 of the suite is now in beta...
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06.03.2008Microsoft 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. The company announced the releases at its Mix08 conference in Las Vegas.
Implemented as a plug-in, Silverlight is Microsoft's horse in the industry's race to provide the most eye-catching visual effects; it
competes with Adobe's Flash Player and related technologies. Silverlight is cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device, Microsoft said.
Version 2 features support for managed code and developing with multiple languages, including IronRuby, IronPython, javascript, and .Net.
The beta is available from Microsoft's Web site.
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06.03.2008Netflix opens the beta for its 'Watch Instantly' feature via Silverlight
Silverlight-powered movie streams are now available to Netflix subscribers, with the promise of better performance and greater HD. Right now, though,
the trial is limited to Intel-based systems...
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03.11.2008Microsoft rechristens Silverlight 1.1 as Silverlight 2.0
Microsoft has decided the next version of its Silverlight Flash-competitor is more worthy of a 2.0 moniker than a 1.1 one.
On
November 29, Developer Division General Manager Scott Guthrie blogged that
Microsoft has
decided to rechristen its next Silverlight release as 2.0. Microsoft plans to make a beta build of the next version of Silverlight available under
a Go Live license in the first quarter of 2008, Guthrie added. (A Go-Live license allows users/developers to begin deploying applications in
production based on the beta.)
Microsoft made
an alpha
version of Silverlight 1.1 (now Silverlight 2.0) available to testers in April 2007. The final version of Silverlight 2.0 is due out in 2008.
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29.11.2007Novell and Microsoft sanction Silverlight work-alike for Linux
In the next stage of what has turned out to be a more successful project than even its creators envisioned, the public beta of Moonlight -- a runtime
library for Linux supporting sites that expect Silverlight -- is expected within days...
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20.11.2008First 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 2 Beta 1 debuts with the hope of dynamic language support
FROM MIX 08 While Silverlight was first sprung upon the public as a distributed graphics program for the Web, Microsoft is now expanding it as
many thought it might, into an all-purpose, Web-based, cross-platform extension of the .NET Framework...
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06.03.2008Microsoft 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. 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. Dramatic video
performance and quality improvements are also expected. Microsoft is currently running a Silverlight 3 beta for developers and will be launching the
final product on July 10th. Silverlight 3 was not expected until later this year but yesterday company officials began sending out press invites for
the launch.
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29.05.2009Microsoft 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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10.07.2009Microsoft 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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