Microsoft today released version 3 of its Silverlight framework for developing rich interactive applications (RIAs) and its Expression Studio Web and graphics design suite. While numerous developers and users have had access to the beta for four months, this marks its official release of a development and runtime platform that is critical to Microsoft’s effort to drive the next crop of RIA-based apps based on its .NET framework.
At a launch event in San Francisco, Scott Guthrie, VP of the Redmond software maker’s .NET Developer Platform group, and Soma Somasegar, SVP of Microsoft’s Developer division highlighted key features of Silverlight 3. Among them is its ability to work outside the browser for both connected and disconnected access to applications and data. Another key highlight, IIS Smooth Streaming built into Microsoft’s Internet Information Services 7 (IIS7), boasts HDTV-quality video. Also new is Expression SketchFlow, which allows for rapid prototyping.
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