Update Silverlight Client for Facebook for Silverlight 4 RC

At the end of January 2010, Microsoft released a new application for Facebook based on the Beta development milestone of Silverlight 4. Users that have downloaded and installed the first version of Silverlight Client for Facebook now have an update available, as the Silverlight Client for Facebook was refreshed in accordance with the release of Silverlight 4 Release Candidate. Customers that already deployed Silverlight 4 RC have undoubtedly noticed that the old version of Silverlight Client for Facebook stopped working.

“Applications compiled on Silverlight 4 beta will not work on machines with Silverlight RC runtime. This is known/expected. As with all pre-release software, this type of breaking can be expected,” Tim Heuer, program manager for Microsoft Silverlight, stated. “We’ve recently updated the Facebook application, and you will have to re-install.”

Users that have already installed the Silverlight Client for Facebook for Silverlight 4 Beta will need to first remove the older version and then deploy the latest iteration. Otherwise, those interested in testing Silverlight Client for Facebook only need to deploy the Silverlight 4 RC runtime.

“The team received a lot of good feedback they look at. This build doesn’t necessarily have any of those suggestions/fixes…and is more of a compatible build for the Silverlight RC runtime. There are a few things that we finally brought forward from the initial PDC09 demonstration,” Heuer added.

Silverlight Client for Facebook for Silverlight 4 RC brings to the table a number of changes compared with the previous release. “Custom Window options are clearly visible. You’ll notice the ‘window chrome’ (as it is referred to) is gone and the custom window is in the application,” Heuer said. There are also changes to the graphical user interface. Microsoft has worked to deliver custom maximize, minimize and close buttons, and to redesign the lower-right corner to resize graphics details. “The updated application also implements the ‘mini-mode’ (from the toolbar area in the upper right) which produces a stripped down view of the main news feed,” Heuer revealed.

Silverlight 4 SDK Release Candidate (RC) is available for download here.

Silverlight 4 Release Candidate (RC) Build 4.0.50303.0 is available for download here.

The Silverlight 4 Training Kit is available for download here.