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Exciting Advances in Web Technology: Silverlight, Deep Zoom, and IE8 Beta Enhancements

Discover the latest innovations in web technology showcased at Mix 2008, including the release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Silverlight 2.0, and the Deep Zoom Composer. Explore enhancements such as seamless zooming for high-resolution images, rich media experiences, and local storage capabilities. Learn about the Instant Messaging API and improvements to Virtual Earth that promise to elevate web development. With support for multiple programming languages and integrated developer tools, these technologies are set to transform user experiences on the web.

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Exciting Advances in Web Technology: Silverlight, Deep Zoom, and IE8 Beta Enhancements

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  1. Mix Summary Marc Ziss Z Consulting marc@zconsulting.com

  2. Cool Stuff I Saw • MVC New release • IE8 Beta 1 • Deep Zoom (sea dragon) • Silver light 2.0 Beta 1 • Expression Blend 2.5 Preview • Instant Messaging API • Enhancements to Virtual Earth • Surface • ADO.NET/SQL/Live data services

  3. Other Cool Stuff I learned • The Video Game “Rock Band” may be cool to play, but not so much to actually watch geeks playing it. • Elvis is learning Silverlight • Steve Ballmer Really, Really Loves Web Developers

  4. Ballmer video Video

  5. IE 8 Beta 1 • CSS 2.1 compliant (plays nice) • CSS Certification (702 test cases) • Performance – much faster Javascript • AJAX enhancements including navigation • HTML 5 Support • Cool off line detection and local save feature • Developer tools built in • Web Slices • Activities

  6. IE 8 Activities • Access features of web services without leaving the page by right clicking • Map • Ships with… • Extendable • Replaces the open new page+ copy + paste pattern • Uses XML to describe content of preview pane

  7. IE 8 Web Slices • Subscribe to a specific part of a page • Get updates to the browser itself • Popup window right off the tooolbar • Can organize into folders • Bolds when an update happens • Can update every 15 minutes • Easy XML description to make content subscribable to anyone

  8. Activities + Web Slices demo

  9. Zoom Zoom Zoom • Sea Dragon technology used for Deep Zoom • Can handle collections of extremely high resolution photos • Seamless zooming • Will be used on many products moving forward • Composer Beta available for download

  10. Deep Zoom demo

  11. Silverlight 1.0 • Pros • Uses eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) • Based on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technology • Allows Rich Media experience (720P HD Video) • Plug in Installs fast and easily • Cons • No out of the box input controls • JavascriptOnly • Need to install the plug-in

  12. Silverlight 2.0 = CLR lite • Pros • All the features in 1.0 (WPF, XAML, and Rich Media) • Rich User Control for forms • Developer support for debugging • Client side development in C#, Vb.net, Ruby, Python, and yes, Javascript too. • Local Storage • IT WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD • Cons • New technology; so new exploits may be possible. • Need to install the plug-in. • Not entire CLR or WPF supported. • You may not ever want to do web development again.

  13. Local Storage Web Browser Cookie Local Storage • Provides 10MB of app specific local storage • Can be expanded per app by prompting the user • Exposed through .NET Isolated Storage APIs

  14. Woodgrove BankMike Harsh + Joe Stegman's Demo App demo

  15. By the Light of the Silvery Moon • Client Platforms • Mac • PC (In multiple browser flavors) • Linux (moon light) • Mobile PC (new) • Server Platforms • IIS • Apache • lighttpd • Sun Java System Web Server

  16. Silverlight Integration • .html • .aspx • Sharepoint • Virtual Earth • Deep Zoom

  17. Olympics App Video

  18. Links cool Silverlight Sites • http://silverlight.net/default.aspx • Blogs: • http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/ • http://mattberseth.com/blog/ • http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/default.aspx • http://blogs.msdn.com/jstegman/ • http://blogs.msdn.com/mharsh/default.aspx

  19. Instant Messaging API • API is written in JavaScript • Can write code in C# and use Script# to push out JavaScript code (http://www.nikhilk.net/ScriptSharpIntro.aspx) • Can Enable any Web Site to use Instant Messaging • http://blogs.msdn.com/messenger/

  20. Enhancements to Virtual Earth • IntelliSense library for Virtual Earth (http://www.codeplex.com/VEJS) • New Toolkit coming out in April • Will be integrating Deep Zoom in future releases • Can be used with Silverlight

  21. Surface Video

  22. Surface • Retail Location Kiosks may eventually become technology for home. • Start rolling out in spring in partner locations Sheraton, Harrah’s, T-Mobile • http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

  23. Virtual Mix • http://visitmix.com/ • http://sessions.visitmix.com/

  24. Free Stuff to play with!!! • Expression Studio Beta (download) • IE 8 Beta (download) • IE 8 Virtual Machines (download) • Expression Blend 2.5 Preview (download) • Deep Zoom Composer (download) • Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008 (download) • ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 (download) • ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview (December 2007) (download) • http://visitmix.com/blogs/Joshua/Get-the-Software-Tools-Featured-at-MIX08

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