Today Microsoft in the PDC09 announced Silverlight 4 beta release, compared to Silverlight 3, the new edition includes many new features, user experience, speed, performance and browser rendering have greater promotion.

Microsoft will open on the Silverlight 3 statistical data, although July was released this year summer has 33% computer and mobile phone to install the software, the figure rises to 45%.Microsoft is provided by these results, and did not reveal how statistics.

Microsoft also demonstrated Silverlight in search engine Bing use, can be achieved through the Silverlight picture together and break up, can also be used to play YouTube and three party video, and support real-time video playback.The demo, the world’s largest social networking site Facebook can also be achieved through Silverlight picture, folder, drag and drop function, the picture and comments on the view of the operation is very smooth.

Silverlight allows users to third party software video playback of the content in the retreat, fast-forward operation, can also be on television programs were suspended and the recording operation, all of which can be completed in a browser.Microsoft also demonstrates the football match live broadcast, the user can realize multi angle at the same time watch.

in the installation of Silverlight 4 Beta before, users need to install Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Visual Web Developer Express 2010 or Beta 2, for more details see Microsoft Silverlight website: http: / / www.silverlight.net / getstarted / silverlight-4-beta /

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