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This latest version which people are saying is the last major release of Silverlight — will be supported by Microsoft until 2021 – So did Microsoft say — which is a much longer period of time than previous Silverlight releases have been supported.
The version 5 release supports all the same platforms that the previous versions of Silverlight did: Windows, Mac. It also works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari.
Microsoft officials didn’t use the release of Silverlight 5 as a chance to offer further guidance as to the platform’s future. We still have no word on when or if there will be a Silverlight 6. There’s also still no official confirmation or denial from the company about rumors heard that there won’t be a Mix 2012 conference next year.
Silverlight 5 has a lot of new features which can help developers create engaging content. Here are a few of those features:
- Low latency sound effects and support for WAV
- Double and Multi click support
- XAML debugging
- New RichTextBoxOverflow element
- improved media support and rich UI capabilities
- Networking and WCF enhancements
- New 3D Graphics API that lets you create cool 3D applications
A list of some of Silverlight 5’s features can be found in today’s post on the Silverlight blog.
Silverlight 5 was originally expected to be released to the Web in November 2011.
The less than 7 MB Silverlight 5 plug-in download is available here.
1 comment:
This release is going to make web experience better than what it is .... wonder what flash players'gonna come up with. thanks for the post
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