SilverLight Interview Questions and Answers 

Silverlight is a plug-in similar to Flash and more advanced

It can view HD video nicely on the net

my computer allways shows a download for silverlight when i shutdown.

It is a web design language (a bit like shockwave) that is used to create rich interactive websites beyond what is possible with html.

There is nothing wrong with it.

what is it ?

it is good this microsoft silverlight after i run it it say refresh web page nut o refresh like more then 20 times ?

And Do I really Need it?

It's kinda like their version of Adobe Flash Player. It's used for some multimedia stuff on the Internet.

Don't be an @$$ and paste me some $hit from a website which to me, is comparable to trying to read a foreign language... just give me some pointers as to what it actually does.

kthxbai.

Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable web browser plugin that enables features such as animation, vector graphics and audio-video playback that characterise rich Internet applications. Version 2.0, released October 2008, brings additional interactivity features and support for .NET languages and development tools. 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, will also be supported.[1] A third-party free software implementation named Moonlight is under development to bring compatible functionality to GNU/Linux.

Silverlight provides a retained mode graphics system similar to Windows Presentation Foundation, and integrates multimedia, graphics, animations and interactivity into a single runtime environment. It is being designed to work in conjunction with XAML and is scriptable with JavaScript. XAML can be used for marking up the vector graphics and animations. Textual content created with Silverlight is searchable and indexable by search engines as it is not compiled, but represented as text (XAML).[2] Silverlight can also be used to create Windows Sidebar gadgets for Windows Vista.[3]

Silverlight supports playback of WMV, WMA and MP3 media content[4] across all supported browsers without requiring Windows Media Player, the Windows Media Player ActiveX control or Windows Media browser plugins. Because Windows Media Video 9 is an implementation of the SMPTE VC-1 standard, Silverlight also supports VC-1 video, though still only in an ASF container format. Furthermore, the Software license agreement says VC-1 is only licensed for the "personal and non-commercial use of a consumer".[5] Silverlight does not support playback of H.264 video, though support in future versions has been officially announced.[6] Silverlight makes it possible to dynamically load XML content that can be manipulated through a DOM interface, a technique that is consistent with conventional Ajax techniques. Silverlight exposes a Downloader object which can be used to download content, like scripts, media assets or other data, as may be required by the application.[7] With version 2.0, the programming logic can be written in any .NET language, including some common dynamic programming languages like Ruby and Python.[8]

You actually only need Adobe Flash - most of the companies that have been trialling Silverlight have dumped it in favour of staying with Adobe Flash.

You can think of it as Microsoft's answer to Micromedia Flash. Not many sites are using it, but Microsoft is pushing it.

Silverlight is Microsoft's attempt to close the web to people who don't use their operating system. It was a very big failure - because (unlike desktops) they can't force retailers to put it on your system with 'Microsoft Taxes' and famous fines for retailers who sell any other OS alongside Windows.

Silverlight is not compatible with other systems. There is a problem with this - most computers actually run linux. Windows only dominate desktops - so just forget Silverlight and use Adobe flash instead.

Adobe flash runs on many different operating systems and allows you to choose.

Silverlight is not like that - it is evil. I loaded the website in Firefox 3.0.5 and it basically said that there is no available plugin for my system.

I have no problems with Flash.

Using a compatible system just shows you that Silverlight does what Flash already does - but Flash is cross platform...

Every time I try to install it it says my browser/operating system configuration is not supported.

It keeps coming up, unable to install. I can't watch my netflix videos without this. If anyone can help please let me know, Thanks!!!!

Anyone suggest me the best Silverlight 2.0 hosting site.