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Silverlight Forcing Macromedia to Rethink
Many Flash developers have been complaining about the choice of On2's codec over a standard like H.264 for years. Interestingly, Adobe is finally adding support for some standard video codecs in the next version of Flash. The question is, how much did Silverlight have to do with this decision? The timing sure makes it seem like a reactive decision. In any case, it's good news for video on the web.
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MLB.com + Silverlight
MLB.com is using Silverlight for their video. Big win for Microsoft, I'm assuming the first of many big wins considering how awesome Silverlight is on the video front.
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Windows Forms for Silverlight
When every new technology comes out, there is someone that will go ahead and implement the old tech on top of the new tech for those lazy bastards that refuse to learn anything new. In this case, it might actually be useful, since Silverlight doesn't contain a lot of built-in controls on it's own. Check out Netika's WinForms controls for Silverlight:
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First Pretty Silverlight Site Spotted
Via Tim Sneath:
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Silverlight on Linux Already
"The open-source Mono project will show off an early version of Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in running on Linux later this week.
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Flash: Now Slowing Down Your Multi-Core PC
"As I mentioned in Flash Player Update 3 we finally realized that multi-core CPUs are here to stay. So why not follow the times and take advantage of it? As most of you hard core Flash developers know, rendering is a huge bottleneck. I've seen a couple of blog post complaining that their second core/CPU is not doing anything when they run the Flash Player. Well people, this is about to change in this update." [1]
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Safari on Windows
One less reason to buy a Mac for testing. Go download the beta:
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Expression Blend: First Impressions
So now that Expression Blend is up on MSDN, I figured it was ready to take for a spin. First impression, it's very cool. For creating user interfaces, it easily beats the Flash IDE... with one exception, no code editor. Give me a break. Who's the retard that made that decision? Maybe there is some way to get a better experience, but when you want to add 2 lines of code to an event handler in the default install is beyond horrible, it just shells to my .cs file editor. Come on... you seriously couldn't provide a even a basic code editor in the IDE itself?
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Microsoft's Secret Project
Is revealed
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Java FX: Sun Wants a Piece
"The demand continues to grow for secure, interactive content, applications, and services that run on a variety of clients. To simplify and speed the creation and deployment of high-impact content for a wide range of devices, Sun is introducing JavaFX, a new family of products based on Java technology designed to enable consistent user experiences, from desktop to mobile device to set-top box to Blu-ray Disc."