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Some great new stuff is coming in Silverlight 3. I wanted to share 3 of my favorite new features and 3 things I'd like to see soon. First, here is the list of items I want to see at some point in Silverlight:
- Printing support direct from the browser
- Direct webcam support
- ClearType (well, its coming, isn't it?)
And here is my list of my 3 top items that are coming in Silverlight 3.
- Out of Browser (OOB) support
- Perspective 3D, Effects, Pixel Shaders, GPU acceleration, Animation Easing and other graphics
- Assembly Caching
My list is not the biggest nor best features per se, but its the list of items that I find very interesting personally. For a different perspective, you can read Ken Azuma's thoughts on Silverlight 3 here, too.
What are your top features that are in or not in Silverlight 3?
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So how does this compare to Adobe AIR? (Or at least what is your take on the subject.)
Redmond is gunning for Adobe bigtime. Watch out!
Competition is good... Embrace, extend, etc, etc...
I rate RIA Services as a very nice addition to Silverlight 3.
Being able to write the one code base for both the client and the server is no mean feat.
so what is the top 3 downside, or top 3 upcoming downside?
I want an unload event in the control.
This article is too short!
1) wsHttpBinding
2) wsHttpBinding
3) wsHttpBinding
1) Navigation/deep linking
2) Binary XML
3) TransportSecurityWithMessageCredential
I must be the only person, looking at the blog activity, doing Silverlight work to be NOT excited about out of browser. I just can't see what benefit it brings.
i believe one more item also missing for Out of Browser application..
I am curious to put my Out Of Browse application in Notification Area (Tray Icon). Especially when user minimizes my Out of Browser applications it should keep one ICON in Notification Area. Once he gets some alert or To-Do operation, it will show one “Notification Window” (like Outlook New Mail Notification Window). Is it possible to these kind of operations in Silverlight
thank you,
-nm reddy