Microsoft Silverlight Latest Version

Free download Microsoft Silverlight latest version. It is freeware software for application framework, run-time environment and multimedia framework developed by Microsoft Corporation. Silverlight was initially released on September 5, 2007. After that, the later versions were released with the time for different operation systems as Microsoft Windows, OS X and Symbian Operating Systems.  Silverlight works for writing and running rich internet application same as Adobe Flash Player does.

A plug-in of Silverlight is installed on the internet browsers to enable it to run rich internet application smoothly and fluently. It focuses on steaming media, graphics and animations and also gives the support to the developers for development tools and CLI languages. Silverlight can also be installed on Windows Phone but the web pages that use Silverlight graphical support will not be able to load on the Windows Phone because Silverlight has no plug-in for the mobile browsers.

Befor this version of Microsoft Silverlight, previously, five versions were released during 2007 to 2012. The current version of Silverlight supports Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The software facilitates a retained mode graphics system same as WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). Silverlight is used to integrate graphics, animations and multimedia into a single run-time environment.

Microsoft Silverlight can also be used to develop graphics such as gadgets and sidebars for Windows 7 and vista. It supports WMV (Windows Media Video), WMA (Windows Media Audio), MPEG Layer III (MP3), Advanced Audio Coding and H.264 video. So you’ll not need to install Windows Media Player, Windows Media browser plug-ins or Windows Media Player Active X control if Silverlight is installed on your system. (Review by pcfavour)