Microsoft Silverlight - A competitor of Adobe Flash

Microsoft Silverlight Definition:

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in that provides support for rich interactive applications such as vector graphics, audio/video playback and animations. Microsoft launched Silverlight to compete with existing dominating products like Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex in the field of rich internet applications.
Microsoft Silverlight applications can be written in any .NET programming language. At the time of writing this post, Silverlight 2 is the current version.

Microsoft Silverlight Architecture:


Microsoft Silverlight Usage:

Microsoft Silverlight can be used as a tool to deliver high definition video, rich internet applications on almost every major blowser on Mac, Windows and Linux. With DRM support in later release of Silverlight, you can protect your media. Below is the sample of how Silverlight looks into your blog or website.



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