什么是Silverlight？（第一部分） / What is Silverlight? (Part 1 of many)

What is Silverlight? (Part 1 of many)

什么是Silverlight？（第一部分）

原文连接：http://team.silverlight.net/tips-and-training/what-is-silverlight-part-1-of-many/

原文分类： Tips and Training(培训与技巧)

原文发表时间：PST 2009-04-24 20:15

翻译：Z731

 

An obvious question and one you’d expect to get an off-the-shelf answer to, so when I set out to answer it I first looked to the myriad definitions already written and the formal positioning statements for Silverlight. I duly consulted the definitions and, although technically accurate and informative, I couldn’t help feeling something was missing. The words didn’t represent the broad Silverlight story as I know it and the answer they gave could have been applied to any number of programming platforms.

一个明显的问题，一个你希望获得直观答复的问题，所以当我准备回答这个问题时我首先查看了现有的种种定义和官方对Silverlight定位的正式声明。我充分地查阅各种定义，发现虽然技术上很准确很翔实，但总感觉少了些什么。那些文字不能完全表现我所知道的丰富多彩的Silverlight 故事，并且那些回答本可以适用于任何编程平台的。

 

So, I went back to the beginning.

所以，我重回起点来寻找答案。

 

7 years ago the Microsoft team set out on a mission to help developers and designers deliver better user experiences through improved tools, process and platforms. We created the Expression range of designer tools, initially targeting the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and then a new cross-platform, cross browser plug-in runtime (eventually) called Silverlight. In parallel to product development we also invested a massive amount of energy working with partners, web agencies, customers, communities, designers and developers to build a thriving ecosystem that makes the creation of great user experiences possible.

7年前微软团队开始了一项使命，通过增强的工具，流程和平台来帮助开发人员和设计人员改善用户体验。我们开发了Expression系列设计工具，最初定位是WPF和随后的一种跨平台，跨浏览器的运行时插件Silverlight（最终的名字）。产品开发的同时我们也投入了大量的精力和合作伙伴，web机构，客户，社区，设计人员和开发人员合作一起来创建一个蓬勃发展的生态系统使开发出色的用户体验成为可能。

 

So what better way to start answering the question “What is Silverlight” than to point to a small selection of the outstanding user experiences it’s helped developers and designers to create.

这样看来还有什么比通过展示一小部分Silverlight如何帮助开发人员和设计人员创建出色的用户体验的例子更好的方式来开始回答“什么是Silverlight？”这个问题呢？

 

Silverlight is…

• 24 Million people watching the 2008 Olympics online
• Exploring the Universe from your web browser
• Getting up close to President Obama before and at his inauguration
• Inspecting scratches on John Lennon’s glasses among the memorabilia at Hardrock Cafe
• High performance Webmail
• Watching over 12,000 Netflix Movies and TV shows over the Web
• Online gaming
• High Quality, live streaming of all 63 games in Basketball’s NCAA March Madness

Silverlight是...

• 2400万人在线观看2008年奥运会
• 从你的游览器里遨游宇宙
• 在奥巴马总统就职典礼开始前 和典礼时接近总统
• 在Hardrock Cafe上的纪念品里检查John Lennon眼镜上的划痕。
• 高性能Webmail
• 在网上观看超过12,000 个的Netflix 电影和电视节目。
• 在线游戏
• 在NCAA 三月疯狂在线观看所有63场篮球赛的高质量实时流视频

 

By now you’d be correct in thinking the Silverlight story is about more than just a browser plug-in or a video display client. Silverlight lets you build on an existing ecosystem of 4 million developers, designers & partners, server products, world-class developer tooling to deliver groundbreaking user experiences and applications.

现在你应该更正了认识，Silverlight绝非仅是一个浏览器插件或视频展示客户端。Silverlight允许你基于现有的400万开发人员，设计人员和合作伙伴，服务器产品，世界级开发工具的生态系统来交付突破性的用户体验和应用程序。

 

To see more experiences built in Silverlight, visit the showcase, read customer case studies and look out for the rapidly increasing number of Silverlight web experiences appearing across the Web.

参观案例展示, 阅读客户案例研究和留心Web上快速增长的Silverlight Web体验来更好地了解Silverlight带来的体验。

 

Enjoy!

Next time : What is Silverlight – for Developers?

尽情享受！

下一次:什么是Silverlight——开发人员篇？

转载于:https://www.cnblogs.com/Z731/archive/2010/09/09/WhatIsSilverlightPart1OfMany.html