Microsoft "Flash killer" Silverlight release

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At the opening of the NAB exhibition today, Microsoft officially released the new Cross-platform network media solution known as "Flash Killer" (formerly named Wpf/e), naming it Silverlight Las Vegas.

The wpf/e in development are all called Windows Presentation Foundation everywhere, Microsoft's new Windows graphics subsystem "Windows Presentation Foundation" A subset of (code-named Avalon). WPF/E is based on Cross-browser networking technology, relies on XAML language and JavaScript scripting to create pages, works like Flash as a browser plug-in, and can also display vector graphics, animations, and videos that can be run on a variety of operating systems or even mobile devices.

Silverlight's advantage over Flash is video, and in the future we might be able to use Silverlight to easily watch high-definition video content on a Web page. Silverlight uses the WMV format to support moving media from low-resolution to Full-screen HD video, and supports VC-1 encoding. To this end, Microsoft has also issued the VC-1 Encoder SDK. Silverlight is based on the. NET Framework, making it easier for programmers to develop, with features such as high-speed media encoding, hardware acceleration, and support for Windows Server "Longhorn."

Microsoft will provide a detailed introduction to Silverlight at the MIX07 Fair at the end of this month and release the Silverlight beta release. Support Windows and Mac OS x systems, support IE 6.0/7.0, Firefox 1.5.0.8/2.0, Safari and other browsers.