What are the features of Silverlight 3?
Silverlight 3 includes major media enhancements such as out of browser support allowing your web application to work on the desktop for the first time; major graphics improvements including 3D graphics support and GPU acceleration; H.264 video support; and, many features to improve RIA development productivity. Also, in order to fully integrate all the .NET developer tools, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Web Developer Express will support a fully editable and interactive designer for Silverlight. Some highlights of the brand new features found in Silverlight 3 include: • Support for Higher Quality Video & Audio. With support for native H.264/Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) Audio, live and on-demand IIS7 Smooth Streaming, full HD (720p+) playback, and an extensible decoder pipeline, Silverlight 3 brings rich, full-screen, stutter-free media experiences to the desktop. New and enhanced media features in Silverlight 3 include: • Live and on-demand true HD (720p+) Smooth Str
