Prepress
Quark Adopts Microsoft Silverlight; Adds Silverlight Exporter to Quark Labs
Monday 07. April 2008 - Microsoft Silverlight, the Cross-Browser, Cross-Platform Plug-In for Rich Interactive Applications, is Now Available for QuarkXPress 7
Quark Inc. announced today that QuarkViewer XT supporting Microsoft Silverlight is now available for QuarkXPress 7 through Quark Labs. QuarkViewer XT is an XTensions module that allows users to export QuarkXPress documents into simple interactive documents. By leveraging Silverlight’s cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in, QuarkViewer XT users are able to create rich interactive documents for the Web directly from QuarkXPress.
“Quark’s adoption of Microsoft Silverlight is significant because it offers rich web functionality to our Windows customers using QuarkXPress 7,” said Paul Schmitt, senior vice president of strategic alliances and emerging technologies. “With Silverlight it is clear that Microsoft kept the graphic designer in mind, especially in terms of accessibility, cross-platform format standards and functionality. We are excited to be working with Microsoft to offer our Silverlight exporter as a cost-free download through Quark Labs.”
“Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities,” said Allison Watson, corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft Corp. “They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. Today, Microsoft recognizes Quark as a Certified Partner for demonstrating its expertise providing customer satisfaction using Microsoft products and technology.”
In addition to being highly accessible for graphic designers and offering cross-platform format standards, Microsoft Silverlight provides QuarkXPress with the ability to encompass the key hi-fidelity rendering and programming features from Microsoft’s WPF and XPS platforms – making it easy to combine application logic and content presentation in a single design and development platform.