I came across a great post about updated Silverlight 2 roadmap.

Silverlight is about 7 month old kid but it is already making such a big buzz. One of my colleague Rahul did excellent job in terms of putting up a FAQ regarding the roadmap.

1. When exactly will Silverlight support all the codecs that a standard Windows Media Player support? How about supporting .flv since most of the video on Internet currently is using this format?
2. Which streaming server protocols does Silverlight support currently and which will be supported in near future?
3. Why the support for displaying a .gif image is is missing? When it will be added?
4. Is the size of Silverlight 2 Beta plug-in expected to increase by the time of final release? Which namespaces Microsoft is planning to add in final release.
5. What would be the full and final set of controls that are expected to be included with Silverlight 2 - final release?
6. When is Silverlight 2 - final version expected to be released?
7. Is there going to be a big difference in terms of features/component model etc. in Silverlight 2 beta and final release (just like it is the case with 1.1 Alpha and 2.0 Beta)?
8. Will Silverlight 2 final release offer some local Caching API (with automatic expiration, notifications etc.) just like System.Web.Cache API in ASP.Net 2.0/3.5?
9. In order to call a WCF Service from Silverlight 2 Beta, you have to use “basicHttpBinding” currently. Will Silverlight support additional bindings in near future like MSMQBinding and others?
10. Does Microsoft have any authentic estimates of Silverlight usage by the end users? Adobe claims 90% coverage of Flash, We know Silverlight is new but would like to know the current coverage, estimated coverage in next 1 year and Microsoft’s plans to increase its coverage, to move forward with our development efforts with even more confidence.

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3 Comments

• Fuzzier said Wednesday, April 9, 2008 5:05:21 AM

  Will future versions of Silverlight support Opera?

• Delphi said Monday, June 2, 2008 2:46:48 AM

  When will Microsoft kill flash just like it killed Delphi back in the 90s? :)

• Thomas Hansen said Sunday, June 8, 2008 2:07:13 PM

  When will Microsoft do a serious effort on delivering something which doesn't imply completely replacing the entire web-stack and 40 years of Open Innovation with a locked down, proprietary system designed to wipe out all real competition...?