What Is Microsoft Silverlight Used For?
Adobe Flash has a fierce competitor. It's called Microsoft Silverlight. Microsoft is working aggressively to convince businesses to use Silverlight for two reasons. First, Silverlight can create unique user and brand loyalty experiences. Second, customers will repeatedly come to the businesses' websites because of these experiences. Learn what Microsoft Silverlight does.
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Effects
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Microsoft Silverlight played an influential role by providing live on-demand video streaming of the Democratic National Convention and the Olympics on the Internet.
Features
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Microsoft Silverlight has a Deep Zoom feature, which allows you to keep zooming in on the picture without distorting it.
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Considerations
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Netflix uses Microsoft Silverlight to deliver on-demand movies via the Internet to its customers. Some customers had complained the streaming video was choppy and grainy. Microsoft fixed this problem by releasing an upgrade.
Function
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Microsoft Silverlight allows you to create and deliver content to mobile devices.
Significance
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Microsoft Silverlight delivers high-definition video and rich interactive applications on multiple platforms, including Windows, MAC and Linux.
Famous Ties
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Microsoft has collaborated with CBS and the National Collegiate Athletic Association to stream video of the March Madness basketball championship.
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So silverlight is just another version of Adobe as far as I can see it's like bing & ask & wont's to take over from google is that correct or am I wronge in assuming this.Zowie phillips.
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Silverlight= Adobe Flash reloaded...
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adobe flash = microsoft silverlight, now understand.
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cashmemorz
Sep 13, 2010
daxxter said:If 98 percent of computers use Flash, then a mere TWO percent use Silverlight. Not so. Any of the computers that have Flash can also have Silverlight. So that 26 percent of the computers with Flash can also have Silverlight if the user has chosen to do so. In stalling Flash on some number or percentage of computer does not preclude installing Silverlight on as many of them as you can. What daxxter seems to assume is that if Flash is installed on a computer than Silverlight cannnot. -
Marjan Gh.A.
Jun 05, 2010
I used to use Flash, but I installed Silverlight some hours ago. I think it is so much better. Thanks.
