| Silverlight with .NET Framework helps to build and deliver next generation rich interactive applications for both Web and Windows. Silverlight uses the XAML to ease UI development.
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We can also say Silverlight is a new cross-browser and cross-platform for implementation of the .NET Framework for building and delivering the next generation of media experiences and Rich Interactive Applications for the web.
Below are some silent features of Silverlight that makes it very popular:-
(1)Its compnents are very light and easy to download and install in seconds once downloads will available next time.
(2)It reads data and updates the display without any interruption the user by refreshing the whole page.
(3)It runs in all popular Web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari, Google Chrome, and on Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. Becasue it is cross-browser, cross-platform technology.
(4)One of its good feature is streaming video and audio. It scales video quality to everything from mobile devices to desktop browsers to 720p HDTV video modes.
(5)Silverlight includes a subset of the WPF technology which greatly extends the elements in the browser for creating UI.
(6)It enables you to create Windows Phone applications.
(7)The application can run in the Web browser or we can configure it so users can run it on their computer without browser.
(8)Silverlight support to many services just like WCF, SOAP, or ASP.NET AJAX services.
(9)Silverlight support many types of data just like XML,JSON,RSS data.
(10)Silverlight can also called a extension of Javascript.Silverlight provides extensions to the universal browser scripting language that provide control over the browser UI.
(11)Silverlight support protocol like HTTP over TCP.
(12)Silverlight have abilty to integrates with our existing JavaScript and ASP.NET AJAX code wheater it is complex or simple.
(13)Silverlight create immersive graphics, animation, media, and other rich client features, extending browser-based UI beyond what is available with HTML alone.
(14)Built-in codec support for playing VC-1 and WMV video, and MP3 and WMA audio within a browser.
(15)Silverlight makes it easy to build rich video player interactive experiences.
(16)Silverlight enables you to create rich UI and animations, and blend vector graphics with HTML to create compelling content experiences. | | |