Compatibility

Basically, Silverlight is supported with Mozilla browsers and newer versions of Internet Explorer on Windows XP or newer versions of Microsoft Windows, or Mac OS X.

OS/Browser IE 6 SP1 IE 6 SV1 IE 7 IE 8 Firefox/SeaMonkey/Mozilla Safari Konqueror Opera
Windows Vista/2008 N/A N/A 1.0, 2.0 2.0 1.0, 2.0 1.0, 2.0; via NPAPI N/A Unofficially
Windows XP/2003/Home Server N/A 1.0, 2.0 1.0, 2.0 2.0 1.0, 2.0 1.0, 2.0; via NPAPI N/A Unofficially
Windows 2000 2.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2.0; via NPAPI N/A Planned
Windows Mobile 6 1.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mac OS 10.4/10.5 PowerPC N/A N/A N/A N/A 1.0 1.0 N/A Planned
Mac OS 10.4/10.5 Intel N/A N/A N/A N/A 1.0, 2.0 1.0, 2.0 N/A Planned
Linux x86(Moonlight) N/A N/A N/A N/A Planned N/A Planned Planned
Linux x86-64(Moonlight) N/A N/A N/A N/A Planned N/A Planned Planned

Notes:

  • Opera will be officially supported with future builds.Unofficially Silverlight supports Opera already, via a hack
  • On Linux, the functionality will be made available via the compatible third-party Moonlight runtime.[11][12] Moonlight will be available for the major Linux distributions, with support for Firefox, Konqueror, and Opera browsers.
  • Silverlight for Mobile will be used to run Silverlight content on mobile devices. The first CTP for Windows Mobile 6 will be released in 2nd Quarter of 2008.Nokia has announced plans to make Silverlight for Mobile available for S60 on Symbian OS, as well as for Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets.Silverlight for Mobile will initially support Silverlight 1.0 content.
  • Additional platforms are being considered as well.