For all intents and purposes, John, Silverlight is comparable to what are called "rich user interfaces" like Java, or more similarly, Flash. Or, to put it another way (quoting here) "Microsoft Silverlight is a web application framework that provides functionalities similar to those in Adobe Flash, integrating multimedia, graphics, animations and interactivity into a single runtime environment" -- Providing support to Britain's 500 talking newspaper services http://www.talking-newspapers.co.uk/ On 2 July 2010 13:26, john poole <poolej1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > What is Microsoft silverlight and what is it used for? > Cheers, ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq