Windows SkyDrive moves from Silverlight to HTML5

Microsoft has finally killed the intrigue on the future of Silverlight in web-applications (recall this intrigue emerged at the end of last year). The new version of the online file storage Windows SkyDrive (which works as the basis of all Windows Live services) is completely rebuilt on HTML5 instead of Silverlight (even video player is now working on HTML5). SkyDrive is now much faster and supports all browsers (even Google Chrome). Along with the underlying technology shift, the developers have rebuild the service interface - it's now very similar to the Windows folder interface. Moreover, users of Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9 can get to SkyDrive directly from the taskbar and with one click create Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents in Office Web Apps online editors:



And when working in the online SkyDrive folders user can open documents in the online editors as well as in desktop Office 2010. In the second case, the document is automatically saved back to the online folder.

Recall also that, unlike the new Apple iCloud, Windows SkyDrive allows to create collaborative workspaces and share documents with your team (and the developers promise to add the editing permissions to these shared folders).

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