Silvelight 3 RTW is out today. Let’s download and experience it now!
Expression Blend 3 with Sketchflow
Silverlight 3 Software Development Kit (SDK)
Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP 1
New Features in Silverlight 3
I have spent a while today to analysis what is new in this release. On addition to Silverlight 3 beta, here are some of my findings that you might find useful:
- Multi Touch - Provides an application-level service that processes multitouch input from the operating system
This seems to be an fantastic feature which obviously can provide another level of user experience. However, I don’ t have a multitouch computer to test on this feature. Anyone willing to sponsor me one?
You may visit this SharpGIS to see how Multi-touch can be implemented.
- Analytics - Exposes read-only data about how an application is performing.
This is a very good reporting feature that enables you to check over the computer CPU usage (Analytics.AverageProcessorLoad), as well as the Silverlight CPU usage (Analytics.AverageProcessLoad). You are able to collect GPU device information as well.
- Matrix3DProjection
Other than PlaneProjection, you are now able to use Matrix to manipulate the Perspective 3D of an object. However, I am not good in matrix and couldn’t figure out how to use it.
- Mouse Wheel
Finally we have mouse wheel support without using JavaScript Hack.
- Visual Studio Designer Disappeared?
In this release, you may find that the Designer in the Visual Studio seems to be disappeared. Actually, it’s not. Point your mouse below the scroll bar of the XAML editor carefully, then you are able to drag it up to split the view.
Quick Testing
I have created a quick sample demonstrating those new features. Here you are!
Source Code:
Silverlight 3 New Feature [Silverlight 3, C#] (180.2 KiB, 975 hits)
Silverlight
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July 10th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
MouseWheel doesnt work in your sample
IE8 + SL3 plugin
the whole page scrolls
July 10th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I find that the Designer in the Visual Studio disappeared, too.
Now, all developer must use the Blend 3. :-)
July 10th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Yes I found that the designer dissapeared. Is it normal ?
July 10th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Yes no designer with the VS tools
July 10th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
What about Out of Browser support? Is still available or not ?
July 10th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
No scrolling in Chrome…
in IE8 im able to do scrolling in the SL app… although the whole page scrolls together with it…
July 10th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
No VS Designer? erk.
Although it was a bit rubbish anyway. I enjoy writing in XML ;-)
The big one for me is fonts, Tim Heuer mentioned that ClearType rendering would appear in SL 3 RTW:
http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/03/18/silverlight-3-whats-new-a-guide.aspx
I haven’t got time to play with SL3 now, but would be interested to know if anyone can confirm this?
Thanks, Colin E.
July 10th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
GroupDescriptions property at DataGrid also seems to have disappeared.
Has it been changed of name, moved or completely removed?
July 10th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Is there a definitive webpage that lists the updates/improvements in SL3 rtw from SL2.x?
July 10th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
hi fmatheis:
GroupDescriptions can be used in code only
you should see the doc of the sdk
July 10th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Wow, no VS designer. That’s a huge miss for MS. I hated, no despised, Blend 2 as I always code XAML/HTML/XHTML by hand and Blend (at least the way I was using it) always injects all this unwanted in-line style markup that I have to go clean up afterwards which takes more time than if I had just coded it by hand in the first place. Reminds me of trying to code HTML with FrontPage.
I hope MS can release an update to give us the VS designer back because while I code XAML by hand I do actually need to see what the resulting UI looks like without having to run it in debug mode every 3-4 lines of code. Now I guess I get to swivel-chair between VS and Blend. Hope the new blend has better (any) Intellisense in the code view. Blend 2 was just useless for that.
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July 11th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Designer is there for me, but you have to go to the bottom of the XAML page and drag it up to split the view
July 11th, 2009 at 12:49 am
The ClearType works quite bad. The text is crisp, but there are some unequally dark areas.
July 11th, 2009 at 1:18 am
John, Oh yeah! I found it. Thanks a lot. I will update my blog content.
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July 11th, 2009 at 3:17 am
Hi
Your web site is excellent.
Just wanted to note - I am getting an Initialise Error in all your last 6 Silverlight 3 examples (except for the above one), or they are simply not loading. Flash on the other hand works without bugs. Platform: Internet Explorer 7, Silverlight 3, Vista.
July 11th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Regarding design view … I can see it via the tip above, but according to Tim Heuer: “please note that the design view may not work. It should have been fully disabled rather than hidden and I’m investigating why it wasn’t”.
July 12th, 2009 at 3:31 am
I thought that the Visual Studio designer should now be editable and interactive? Is it the case for you? Mine is still quite the same as before…
July 12th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Seems that it will be the case with Visual Studio 2010 and not before…
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