Developing a Content-Rich Media Application using Silverlight

Silverlight is a platform independent, cross browser and enterprise ready technology. Its capabilities such as Client-side processing, client-side local caching and asynchronous communication make Silverlight a good technology for multimedia and content rich websites. XAML based UI allows developers to build loosely coupled, customizable and modular applications. This web application called "My Nature Album" was developed to demonstrate desktop-like user experience and better media experience of Silverlight.

 
Features

1. High performing rich user interface for viewing images with image preview capabilities.

2. Ability to play and stop image presentation/show.

3. Easy navigation between categorized collections of images.

4. Full Screen view functionality.

5. Animation based on user actions.

 
Technologies/Tools used

Silverlight 5, .NET 4.0, LINQ to XML, Visual Studio 2010, Expression Blend 4.0 and MVVM Pattern.

 

•     For better user experience, please view it in full-screen mode by clicking the icon on upper right corner of the application.

•     You can play and stop presentation by toggling play/pause buttons.  

http://prasantha.com/projects/mynaturealbum/