It was announced the release of Silverlight 4 at PDC, two weeks ago.
The beta version is now available here.
This framework version will include the following new interesting features:
- Print support
- Webcam and microphone support
- Audio and video local recording capabilities capture RAW video without requiring server interaction.
- Google Chrome support
- Rich Text Editing
- Performance optimizations mean Silverlight 4 applications start quicker and run 200% faster than the equivalent Silverlight 3 application.
- Read and write files to the user’s MyDocuments, MyMusic, MyPictures and MyVideos folder.
- Enhancements to networking allow cross-domain access without a security policy file.
- Right Click events
Some interesting links to learn more about Silverlight 4:
What’s New in Silverlight 4 Beta?
Getting Started with Silverlight 4 Beta
Microsoft Silverlight 4 Overview
