Plugin Silverlight -

| Aspect | Details | |--------|---------| | | .xap (deployed app) | | MIME type | application/x-silverlight or application/x-silverlight-2 | | HTML embedding | <object> tag with CLSID (ActiveX on IE) or <embed> | | Supported browsers | IE, Firefox, Chrome (until NPAPI removed), Safari | | OS support | Windows, macOS (Intel, up to 10.14) | | .NET version | Core runtime scaled down from .NET Framework | | Rendering engine | DirectX (Windows) / Core Animation (macOS) |

Microsoft Silverlight was a browser plugin (similar to Adobe Flash) released in 2007. It allowed developers to build rich internet applications (RIAs) featuring: