Silverlight Last modified: Friday, April 20, 2007
A Web-based digital video technology by Microsoft, codename "WPF/E".  Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering media and rich interactive applications for the Web. The Silverlight browser plug-in is freely available for all major browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Apple'a Safari and Windows Internet Explorer running on the Macintosh or  Microsoft Windows. It's a competitor product to both the Adobe Macromedia Flash player and Apple QuickTime player. Silverlight is based on the Microsoft .NET Framework and can be integrated with existing Web infrastructure and applications, including Apache and PHP, JavaScript and XHTML on the client. Using Silverlight, designers are able to prepare media for encoding and distribution, and create W3C standards-compliant sites.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about Silverlight . Also check out the following links! Microsoft Silverlight  Official Microsoft Web site for Silverlight Silverlight Development Blogs  Updated Microsoft Silverlight Development Blogs. WebVideoUniverse  WebVideoUniverse takes you through the process of creating video for the Web, from shooting, to editing and encoding, to distributing and finally, to promoting your work. With tutorials, news and discussion, WebVideoUniverse helps you create professional videos for your Web site.	Animation Graphics Multimedia Web Development animation browser codec encoding Flash JavaScript Microsoft platform plug-in QuickTime Rich Internet Application Shockwave W3C XHTML Give Us Your Feedback Shopping Silverlight Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Lighting 18 Store Offers Books 45 Model Matches