Microsoft Silverlight 4 beta released and available for download

microsoft silverlight logoToday, the beta version of Silverlight 4 (build 4.0.41108.0) has been released by Microsoft at Professional Developers Conference 2009 (PDC09) and is now available for download. Silverlight 4 beta will enhance the user experience, performance, rendering and speed of browsers.

Silverlight 4 beta was tested with several practical software and applications. They used a web-based service with Silverlight that can capture images and modify it in real-time. The Silverlight was also tested with a YouTube, they play a video and scatter the page, but the video was still playing in a real-time.

Microsoft has also discovered some statistics about Silverlight 3 that, now almost 45 percent of all devices that connects to internet are using it worldwide.

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Features of Silverlight 4 beta

Below are some of the features of Silverlight 4 beta

  • Comprehensive printing support enabling hardcopy reports and documents as well as a virtual print view, independent of screen content.
  • WCF RIA Services introduces enterprise class networking and data access for building n-tier applications including transactions, paging of data, WCF and HTTP enhancements.
  • Localization enhancements with Bi-Directional text, Right-to-Left support and complex scripts such as Arabic, Hebrew and Thai and 30 new languages.
  • The .NET Common Runtime (CLR) now enables the same compiled code to be run on the desktop and Silverlight without change.
  • Enhanced databinding support increases flexibility and productivity through data grouping/editing and string formatting within bindings.
  • Managed Extensibility Framework supports building large composite applications.
  • Exclusive tooling support for Silverlight, new in Visual Studio 2010. Including a full editable design surface, drag & drop data-binding, automatically bound controls, datasource selection, integration with Expression Blend styling resources, Silverlight project support and full IntelliSense.

Here is the full detail about the new features of Silverlight 4 beta version.

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Download Silverlight 4 beta

Silverlight 4 beta version is now available for download for free from the direct-download link given below

Download Silverlight 4 beta for Windows (file size: 7.6 MB)

Download Silverlight 4 beta for Mac (file size: 15.5 MB)

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