The edition of Silverlight that Microsoft touted from the beginning as having the C# and.NET functionality that its 1.0 edition lacked, is evolving from what it had described as an upgrade into a major overhaul. Since its inception, Microsoft has continually been developing two versions of its programmable Web graphics platform Silverlight. In fact, on the very day of its public premiere, the company introduced developers to what was being called the '1.0 beta' and the '1.1 alpha.' The 1.0 version enables Web pages to communicate with the WPF/E library from.NET Framework 3.5, to produce rich graphical, interactive displays and panels that are controlled with JavaScript.

But the 1.1 version has always been the more ambitious project, with two key differences the company wanted to take extra time to get right: first, programmability using high-level.NET languages such as C#, by way of a plug-in for Visual Studio 2008; second, the ability to open the doors wide for Web pages to have full access to.NET, through a scaled-down version of the Common Language Runtime. It's the latter development that might put Silverlight more on a par with Sun's Java than with Adobe's Flash. Microsoft confirmed to BetaNews today that the next release of what had been called the Silverlight '1.1 beta' is being prepared for release as 'Silverlight 2.0 beta,' sometime during Q1 2008. As before, the company will offer developers its 'Go-Live' licensing terms, which enable them to go ahead and deploy what's still considered a beta in production environments. That deployment requires them to be able to distribute the Silverlight runtime to clients. After months of having explained the point-one nomenclature as representing the true culmination of what Microsoft always wanted the point-oh version to be from the beginning, a Microsoft spokesperson told us today the two-oh renaming was done 'to better capture the scope of the feature set for the next version of Silverlight.'

'At the end of the day, this is just branding,'. 'Adding together the Common Language Runtime, Base Class Libraries, Dynamic Language Runtime, the UI Frameworks, DRM, and a bunch of other features I'm not going into at this stage,' Sneath wrote, 'it's apparent that if this doesn't count as a major version release, the bar will be set so impossibly high that we'll never be able to name a Silverlight release as anything other than version 1.x!' Another of the key features users should expect to see with the 2.0 deployment is the use of rich on-screen controls. Back in the last decade when Microsoft was actively developing the ActiveX project, it devised a common control library called Forms. It contained the usual window gadgets such as scroll bars, check boxes, and radio buttons, and it was intended to look exactly like the MFC controls library already in use. But the trouble was that Forms would only work in Web pages deployed in Windows; and it could conceivably work in Netscape for Windows, but it took some under-the-hood maneuvers to make it work.

In short, Forms failed. Now, Microsoft is working on a set of on-screen controls that are not only cross-platform (meaning, if a Mac OS user had WPF/E installed, she could use those controls through Safari), but which can actually be skinnable, using extensions that could conceivably be customized by the user. Microsoft developer to expect cross-domain network access as well. This means a Silverlight client could conceivably acquire data from a third party - not the server, and not the local browser or the user's local PC. That's a tricky subject, and it's impossible to imagine that no one would even attempt an exploit of such a setup. Guthrie also said to expect a preview release of the version 3.5 extensions for ASP.NET, which will include an improved edition of ASP.NET AJAX - Microsoft's implementation of Asynchronous JavaScript. (Silverlight uses JavaScript, not AJAX.) A Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews the drop date for ASP.NET 3.5 is 'early December,' which could be as soon as next week.

Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.6 on Windows Vista displaying the main page of the English Wikipedia Initial release October 15, 2007 Written in Netscape Navigator 9 is a discontinued that was produced by the division of parent, first announced on January 23, 2007. It was the ninth major release of the line of browsers. After AOL outsourced the development of to in 2004, Netscape Navigator 9 marked the first Netscape browser to be produced in-house since the suite. It also saw the return of the classic name, which was previously used during Netscape's heyday between versions 1.0 and 4.08 in the 1990s.

Netscape Navigator 9 is based on 2.0. The program's first was released on June 5, 2007, with the Beta 2 on July 12, and Beta 3 on August 16. After a, the final release was issued on October 15, 2007. On December 28, 2007, Netscape developers announced that AOL would discontinue their web browser on February 1, 2008. On January 28, 2008, Netscape revised this date to March 1, 2008, and offered support for migration to. It was the last web browser of the Netscape series. Contents.

Features New features The Beta releases of Netscape Navigator 9 included enhanced support and were more integrated with the Internet portal, including enhanced methods of discussion, submission and voting of Web pages. However, starting with Netscape Navigator 9 beta 3, the Netscape.com integration was optional, and certain aspects of integration could be manually enabled or disabled, with integration being totally removed in Navigator 9.0rc1 as the portal relaunched as.

The of the program was also updated, and the theme was also later released for use on Mozilla Firefox. Like Netscape version 8.x, Navigator 9 was based upon the, this time version 2.0, and should have had full support of all Firefox and, some of which Netscape was providing. Netscape also released some of its features as extensions for Firefox, including the, the, as well as, the new default theme for Netscape 9. The browser also included self-correction, which corrected common URL misspellings, an improved listing interface and a dedicated News menu with integration to the Netscape.com news portal. A quick 'link pad' was also included so Web pages could quickly be added to the pad for later viewing without adding to the bookmark lists. Navigator 9 also sees the browser return to multi-platform support across,. Netscape's signature splash screen also reappeared in the release candidate of the final program.

Removed features Unlike Netscape 8, the browser did not use 's as an alternative engine option. Netscape Navigator did not include any, or as Netscape 6 and 7 did. Netscape did, however, plan to produce a companion email client to complement the Navigator, confirmed as. While that software was in development, Netscape advised its users to use the series of, which includes an email client, alongside Navigator 9 for browsing purposes. Decorative features.

Screenshot of The Book of Mozilla, 8:20 in Netscape 9 A new verse 8:20 of the was written for the release of Netscape 9, consisting of 'And thus the Creator looked upon the beast reborn and saw that it was good'. This could have reference either to the re-development of Netscape in-house once again, or the and its contributors. Based on user feedback, Netscape decided to return the to Navigator 9. On September 10, 2007, Netscape decided to give their design team a break and let users submit their own idea for how the splash screen should look.

The winning image would be used as the splash screen in the final 9.0 release of Navigator, and the designer would be listed in the browser credits. Many designs were submitted. In the end, Mario Herbert was chosen the winner and his design used as the final Navigator 9 splash screen. Response claimed Navigator 9 had some 'neat' components, contained many 'tricks we love' and was 'more than a backup browser'; which it previously used to describe Browser 8.

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