silverlight an introduction
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An introductory conversation about what Silverlight is, what it can do, and why User Experience is SO important.TRANSCRIPT
SilverlightAn Introduction
Jeff BlankenburgDeveloper Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
these aren’t Silverlight
seriously? an “evangelist?”
seriously, though...
enough about me...
this talk is about U
UX
Establish a common vocabulary around user experience
User Experience
User Experience
User Interface Design
User interfaces that are applied after an application and Web site are architected are like pushing icing around on a cake.
They can make something look nice but not fix fundamental problems, they merely hide them.
User Experience
User Interface Design
User Research
Information Design Usability Testing
Design Planning
where have we been?
Designers Developers
Create Implement
XAML
Artistic Functional
JPGTIFFPSDGIF
HTML
ASPXASCXASMX
C#VB.NET
Traditional Web DevelopmentSilverlight Development
so what’s the solution?
+
what is possible?
streaming video
demo
for the entirety of
11.1 million unique users
2.2 million video streams
in the first 4 days in beijing…in the first 4 days of beijing’s olympics…
16.9 million unique users
13.5 million video streams
250 TB of data was delivered in 4 days.
3,500 hours of video is available.
3,000 hours of it was LIVE.
i now LOVE handball.
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improving user experience
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