Feb 18, 2009 The prospect of Silverlight applications running in Google's Chrome browser is in the air. A Sliverlight program manager has blogged about a hack to Microsoft's code that would get their company's media player running inside Google's fledgling browser. The hack to Silverlight lets Microsoft's player detect Chrome, clearing the way to playing.

1. Look for 'Silverlight' and ensure that it is set to 'enabled' by highlighting and selecting the enable button. Mozilla Firefox. Open tools menu Add-Ons; Look for Microsoft Silverlight, and check to see that it is set to Always activate; Google Chrome. Click on the three horizontal lines in the upper right of the browser window; Select settings.
2. Chrome 42 support for NPAPI Plugins. As of April 2015, starting with Chrome Version 42, Google has added an additional step to configuring NPAPI based plugins to run.
3. Microsoft Silverlight is a free web-browser plug-in that enables interactive media experiences, rich business applications and immersive mobile apps.

Microsoft Silverlight is a must-have browser plug-in developed to improve functionality of web sites such as Netflix. It is powered by the .NET Framework, bringing some of its functionality to online services.

The application is compatible with several browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. It can be necessary to Silverlight installed to run some streaming services as it enables DRM content to be played.

Microsoft Silverlight features IIS Smooth Streaming, technology which helps high definition streaming playback on virtually any type of devices. The PivotViewer feature allows users to view and manipulate large amounts of data.

Other features of Microsoft Silverlight include Pixel Shader which improves and enhances graphics with blurs, dropshadows and other effects, 3D Graphics support and a number of other skinning and styling for display of high quality graphics.

All in all, Microsoft Silverlight is an excellent framework for web services and definitely a requirement to have in order to enjoy a variety of online services.

Features and highlights

Microsoft Silverlight Google Chrome App

• IIS Smooth Streaming
• PivotViwer
• SketchFlow
• Media Format Extensibility
• Perspective 3D graphics
• Skinning and styling options available
• Smooth media player

Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50918.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

Silverlight For Chrome Browser

Microsoft Silverlight

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from media players without restrictions. Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50918.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

Microsoft Silverlight Plugin Chrome

1. Microsoft Silverlight Download
2. Freeware Media Players
3. Major release: Microsoft Silverlight 5.1
4. Cross-platform Plugin Software