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.