With Silverlight 2, Microsoft brings the intersection of design and technology
under the spotlight. Silverlight 2 is great for building consumer facing rich
internet applications (RIA) but this doesn’t mean that business applications are
left out. Silverlight provides the foundation for Vertigo’s designers to create
powerful data visualizations needed in most business web applications.
Equipped with Silverlight 2, Vertigo’s designers and engineers are able to create
compelling user experiences, rich interactivity, and dynamic content in unprecedented
ways.
Silverlight 1.0 and 2 are very different. Silverlight 1.0 is based off of Javascript
while Silverlight 2 leverages the .NET common runtime, which means that developers
can program in familiar .NET languages like C#.
Cool Silverlight 2 Features:
- Deep Zoom (formerly known as
SeaDragon) revolutionizes the way people interact with content (check out the work
we’ve done with Hard Rock and on our own site).
- Includes WPF UI Framework
- Rich controls which reduce development
time and cost
- Rich Networking Support
- Rich Base Class Library
Need Help with Silverlight?
Vertigo has designers and engineers with Silverlight experience ready
to work on your projects. Send us an email or better yet give us a call (our number
is below) and we’ll get back to you right away.
“Microsoft is scrambling to "silvercoat" anything that moves. They have a good strategic
reason for doing so: Microsoft.com is one of the most visited sites in the world
and a perfect vehicle for seeding the Silverlight runtime. Now there will be misfires
and extreme makeovers of pages that don't warrant the attention. Maybe they work
just fine as HTML and don't benefit from a tarted-up UX. But there are hundreds
of pages that use Flash, a blot that should be erased this year. In any case, their
investment will help the creative community by demonstrating just what is capable
in a Flash-free world.”
Scott Stanfield, Vertigo CEO
http://www.crn.com/software/205207880