This week in the MIT program I was informed about Rich Data media. A rich data media application we overviewed was Silverlight. Silverlight offers cross-domain support for applications. Silverlight plug-in is just a 1MB download and is supported in windows XP and above. Silverlight also has a browser plug-in and is in the same market competing with flash. It may be develop in Windows. And it is compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Silverlight allows a webmaster to use code such as PHP, JavaScript and even more advanced coding such as AJAX. This is a good option for multimedia streaming. Microsoft designed Silverlight with the same codec utilized in BlueRay and HD DVDs. Video will be good, even on a graphic heavy website. Some example of sites using Silverlight are http://www.bing.com/visualsearch ; http://silverlight.net/showcase/ . In order to use Silverlight a user will have to install Silverlight unto their PC.
Rich media can allow interactivity, entertainment, repeat visitors, easier understanding, international communication, portability, collaboration, cheaper, and greener. To incorporate Rich Media in the browser the application will have a plug-in and HTML 5. Alternatively outside the browser requires software client, widgets, or rich internet applications.
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