Can someone please tell me in small easy words, preferably single syllable words what Windows Silverlight is. I have Googled it, but all I get is is jargon as below;

"Silverlight supports playback of WMV, WMA and MP3 media content[6] 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".[7] Silverlight, since version 3, supports the playback of H.264 video.[8] 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.[9] With version 2, the programming logic can be written in any .NET language, including some derivatives of common dynamic programming languages like IronRuby and IronPython."

My computer (Vista) keeps telling me it is an important update. Help please.

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ShaneG wrote on Sep 9^th, 2009 at 6:47am:


Thanks Shane, as I thought, just a waste of hard drive space

Matt

Ivan wrote on Sep 9^th, 2009 at 1:46pm:



Ivan is correct, I had read the description wrong, and thought it was a browser like Cool Iris, apparently it's only a plug in:

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What video sites require this? I wouldn't mind seeing what the difference is.


Cool Iris: http://www.cooliris.com/product/ (easier to show, than to explain)