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  1. Jul 24th, 2009, 12:23 AM #1
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] What's Silverlight?

    Hello... I was looking at the showcase of some Silverlight applications and I was wondering, what's Silverlight? Can someone dumb-it down a little bit for me?

    I'm going to look for an explanation, but I would like a non-formal one .

    Thanks in advance!
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    Re: What's Silverlight?

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight
    Microsoft Silverlight is a web application framework with a scope similar to Adobe Flash but with a greater focus on Line of business applications.[citation needed] Version 2, released in October 2008, brought additional interactivity features and support for .NET languages and development tools. Microsoft made the beta of Silverlight 3.0 available on March 18, 2009. The final version was released on July 9, 2009.[1]

    It is compatible with multiple web browser products used on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Mobile devices, starting with Windows Mobile 6 and Symbian (Series 60) phones, probably will be supported in 2010.[2][3] A free software implementation by Novell named Moonlight is available to bring compatible functionality to Linux - in cooperation with Microsoft. If you are on a Website with Silverlight and you click on it, you will be redirected from the Microsoft website to the Moonlight website.
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    Re: What's Silverlight?

    Is it solely for web development?
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    Re: What's Silverlight?

    yep.. pretty much haven't seen a way or a reason to use it for desktop apps...

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    Re: What's Silverlight?

    Well, I guess this thread is resolved!Thanks
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    Re: What's Silverlight?

    Quote Originally Posted by techgnome View Post
    yep.. pretty much haven't seen a way or a reason to use it for desktop apps...

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    For desktop applications you would use WPF. Silverlight is the web implementation of WPF.

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