The Magic of User Experience with Microsoft Silverlight

The constant improvement in information technologies has made it easier for modern customers to easily gather information on a specific product or service. Many customers decide a product or service only after reading the user reviews and ratings. So the sustenance and growth of each business, nowadays, depends of the quality of user experience. As the user experience can be optimized by upgrading design, system and application, many companies look for the most effective platform to genrate cross-platform user experiences.

Within a very short span of time, Microsoft Silverlight has become hugely popular as an efficient development tool to develop both web and mobile application. According to Microsoft, “ Silverlight is a free plug-in, powered by the .NET framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works.” In addition to creating interactive web and business application, you can also use Silverlight to develop touch-based mobile apps. Microsoft has upgraded the development tool with additional features to support graphics, animation, multimedia, and streaming media.

Also, the developers can easily develop captivating web and mobile apps using development tools and CLI languages. As present, Silverlight is one of the limited application development tools that enable developers to make apps for Windows Phones. A user can easily access the Silverlight-enabled web pages on Internet Explorer for Windows Phone, without downloading and installing any additional plug-ins. Further, the Silverlight browser plug-in supports a variety of browsers and platforms, but it can be downloaded for free.

Key Advantages of Silverlight Over Other Development Tools

Benefits of Dot Net Framework and Languages: Each developer wants to write codes using his favorite programming language. Silverlight is developed based on Visual Studio 2008. So the developers familiar with C, C++ or Java can easily learn the new technology. At the same time, Microsoft allows Silverlight to sun on a subset of the Dot Net Framework. So a developer can easily develop web and mobile apps by availing the multiple benefits of Microsoft Dot Net framework. You can easily write programs using any of the languages supported by the framework including C# and VB.Net. As a .NET/Microsoft development professional, you can develop robust apps using Silverlight within a very short span of time.

High quality Interactive Multimedia Content: The user experience often impacted by the type and quality of multimedia content delivered by the app. Microsoft has further included specific features that enable users to access highest quality interactive video in several formats. The upgraded version of Silverlight supports multimedia, animation, graphics and streaming media. Further, the app can deliver high quality user experience by allowing users to access the interactive multimedia both live and on-demand. These features also make it easier for developers to provide the best quality video to the users while keeping the valuable content secure.

Seamless Connectivity to Data, Server, and Services: The user experience delivered by a web or mobile app also depends on seamless integration of data from various sources. Regardless of the nature and usage of your app, you must integrate with a variety of services and systems. Microsoft has integrated Silverlight with other enterprise technologies. Further, the technology is developed with PivotViewer feature that helps developers to easily interact with huge amount of data available on the web. At the same time, the DeepZoom feature can keep the users engaged by displaying high-resolution content with reduced loading time. The animations and natural transitions present the huge amount of information in an engaging and entertaining way to captivate the users, and encourage them to use the app regularly.

Cross Platform and Browser Compatibility: At present Silverlight is available as a free plug-in for several devices, browsers, and operating systems. Once the user downloads and installs Silverlight, he can easily avail the benefits offered by the innovative Silverlight development tool. The framework also avails the benefits of Microsoft Dot Net platform, and allows developers to easily make apps by targeting different browsers and operating systems. Also, the IIS Smooth Streaming features facilitate the streaming of both streaming live and on-demand media over standard HTTP protocols. So each user can get high-quality visual experience, regardless of his web browser and device.

The latest version of Microsoft Silverlight also offers more than sixty customizable, high quality, and innovative controls. In addition to controls like treeview, datagrid, and autocomplete, you can also use specialized controls to easily recompile, modify or reuse the source code. These controls further make it easier for a developer to make web and mobile apps to maximize user experience.

We provide Silverlight development services. If you would like to discuss with our certified Silverlight developers, please contact us at Mindfire Solutions.