Silverlight Technology developed by Microsoft includes the same functionality as Adobe flash. It assists integrated graphics, multimedia, animation, and interactivity in one run time environment. The foremost version of the technology was introduced in July 2009. The technology gels well with Microsoft windows as well as Mac operating system.

Why to use Silverlight? High definition video files can only be watched with Silverlight and Microsoft that will be accountable for conveying these files to the Internet. The transmission of huge media files is pricey but Microsoft will still take the trouble to stream Silverlight media files. However, the service will be voluntary. Streaming prepared by Microsoft will save content distribution network fees for small developers. According to Microsoft, 700 kbps will be reliable and the free distribution of network content will last for a year.

In accumulation, the applications supports on Silverlight Technology are distributed to browser in XAML. The benefit of using XAML is that it is simpler for the search engines to locate scan XAML than compiled Flash applications. The Flash based applications have an added web code which assists the search but totaling that means extra work for developers. Even if the web code is added to the application, the consequence will not be as good quality. This is since Silverlight assists search engines index the authentic application as a substitute of just searching for the keywords.

Lastly, Microsoft is marketing Silverlight Technology along with its subsist services. It has introduced Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for search engine, virtual Earth, instant messenger and many other services. Microsoft networks and resources will be used to generate these services which will be maintained by advanced online applications. Silverlight will organize the development of Rich Internet Applications because of these reasons.