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What is the point of having Microsoft Silverlight, and what does it do?

Okay so I’m running Windows Vista, and have always had the Silverlight Security update in Windows Update. Just curious to know what this program is and what I am supposed to do with it… if it serves no real purpose, should I just delete it?

With Silverlight, browsers can play MP3, WMV and WMA files without Windows Media Player or the WMP ActiveX control. It uses XAML (the Extensible Application Markup Language) and version 2.0 includes the .NET framework, which enables it to run .NET code.

Do you need it? Right now, maybe. You need it to access some content on some pages. Will you need it in the future? Probably. If/when it becomes widely implemented, you’ll need it to access more and more of the content on more and more pages.

As a user, you probably don’t really care much whether content is delivered via Silverlight, Flash or some other platform. For developers, Silverlight provides a new, flexible platform for creating applications for the web. Developers can use Visual Studio 2008 to develop Silverlight applications, and Expression Blend 2.0 to design the user interfaces for them.

To find out more about Silverlight, download Silverlight 1.0 and view a demo of Silverlight 2.0, see http://silverlight.net/

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  1. ☆LOLツ☆ Says:
    June 26th, 2010 at 4:40 pm

    With Silverlight, browsers can play MP3, WMV and WMA files without Windows Media Player or the WMP ActiveX control. It uses XAML (the Extensible Application Markup Language) and version 2.0 includes the .NET framework, which enables it to run .NET code.

    Do you need it? Right now, maybe. You need it to access some content on some pages. Will you need it in the future? Probably. If/when it becomes widely implemented, you’ll need it to access more and more of the content on more and more pages.

    As a user, you probably don’t really care much whether content is delivered via Silverlight, Flash or some other platform. For developers, Silverlight provides a new, flexible platform for creating applications for the web. Developers can use Visual Studio 2008 to develop Silverlight applications, and Expression Blend 2.0 to design the user interfaces for them.

    To find out more about Silverlight, download Silverlight 1.0 and view a demo of Silverlight 2.0, see http://silverlight.net/
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