| Silverlight 版本 |
功能特性 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
跨浏览器支持 for Firefox, IE, Safari | ● | ● | ● | ● |
跨平台支持 for Windows and Mac (and Linux through the Moonlight Project) | ● | ● | ● | ● |
2D 矢量 动画/图象 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
AJAX 支持 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
HTML DOM 集成 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
HTTP Networking | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Canvas 布局支持 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
JavaScript 支持 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
XAML 解析器 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
多媒体 – 720P High Definition (HD) Video | ● | ● | ● | ● |
多媒体– Audio/Video 支持(VC-1, WMV, WMA, MP3) | ● | ● | ● | ● |
多媒体– 图象格式支持 (JPG, PNG) | ● | ● | ● | ● |
多媒体- H.264 video and AAC audio 支持 | | | ● | ● |
多媒体标记 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Windows 多媒体服务支持 | ● | ● | ● | ● |
支持语言 Visual Basic.NET 和 C#;公共语言运行时(CLR) based languages | | ● | ● | ● |
支持脚本 IronPython, IronRuby, Managed JScript, 和其他动态语言运行时(DLR) based languages | | ● | ● | ● |
丰富的核心框架 (例如 Generics, collections) | | ● | ● | ● |
多线程 | | ● | ● | ● |
布局容器控件包括 StackPanel 和 Grid | | ● | ● | ● |
全套标准控件 (TextBox, RadioButton, Slider, Calendar, DatePicker, DataGrid, ListBox, TabControl, and others) | | ● | ● | ● |
管理控制框架 | | ● | ● | ● |
模板模型 | | ● | ● | ● |
可视化状态管理器 | | ● | ● | ● |
独立存储 | | ● | ● | ● |
深度缩放技术(Deep Zoom Technology) | | ● | ● | ● |
多媒体– DRM Powered by PlayReady | | ● | ● | ● |
多媒体- Windows Media Audio 10 Professional support | | ● | ● | ● |
多媒体- MediaStreamSource for managed code media file parser and protocol extensibility | | ● | ● | ● |
高品质缩放 | | ● | ● | ● |
多媒体- Basic SSPL Support | | ● | ● | ● |
跨域网络访问 | | ● | ● | ● |
通过网络服务方便地访问服务器端数据 | | ● | ● | ● |
直接进入 TCP sockets | | ● | ● | ● |
SOAP 和 REST services互通, 包括对 XML, JSON, RSS 和 Atom data formats 的支持 | | ● | ● | ● |
LINQ (包括 LINQ to XML, LINQ to JSON, 和 LINQ to Entities) | | ● | ● | ● |
双工通信,从服务器到Silverlight客户端“推送” | | ● | ● | ● |
数据绑定 | | ● | ● | ● |
WCF 数据服务 | | ● | ● | ● |
托管的HTML桥 | | ● | ● | ● |
托管异常处理 | | ● | ● | ● |
.NET Framework 安全措施 | | ● | ● | ● |
类型安全验证 | | ● | ● | ● |
XML 读/写 | | ● | ● | ● |
增强的键盘输入支持 | | ● | ● | ● |
文件上传支持 (通过WebClient API) | | ● | ● | ● |
WPF兼容 | | ● | ● | ● |
无障碍 | | ● | ● | ● |
本地化 | | ● | ● | ● |
远程调试(PC 和 Mac) | | ● | ● | ● |
脱离浏览器运行 | | | ● | ● |
网络状态 (脱机) | | | ● | ● |
像素着色器渲染特效(Pixel Shader Effects) HLSL | | | ● | ● |
位图 API | | | ● | ● |
Theming at runtime | | | ● | ● |
增强控件样式 | | | ● | ● |
辅助功能 - 系统颜色 | | | ● | ● |
位图缓存 | | | ● | ● |
3D透视 | | | ● | ● |
GPU硬件加速(针对视频和位图) | | | ● | ● |
文本动画 | | | ● | ● |
原始的A/V支持 | | | ● | ● |
文件保存对话框 | | | ● | ● |
新内置控件DockPanel, WrapPanel, Viewbox | | | ● | ● |
元件与元件的绑定 | | | ● | ● |
本地连接 | | | ● | ● |
二进制 XML | | | ● | ● |
组件缓存(跨应用程序共享资源) | | | ● | ● |
场景缓存 (对于位图) | | | ● | ● |
本地字体 | | | | ● |
打印 | | | | ● |
WCF RIA Services | | | | ● |
托管的MEF扩展框架 | | | | ● |
摄像头 | | | | ● |
麦克风 | | | | ● |
正式对Google浏览器Chrome的支持 | | | | ● |
输出受保护的音频/视频 | | | | ● |
组播网络 | | | | ● |
离线的DRM | | | | ● |
受信任的应用程序(扩展沙箱) | | | | ● |
IDispatch COM Interop | | | | ● |
组策略对象支持 | | | | ● |
信任模式下脱离浏览器运行时的全键盘支持 | | | | ● |
信任模式下跨域网络访问 | | | | ● |
自定义 window chrome | | | | ● |
脱离浏览器运行窗口设置 (位置, 尺寸等等) | | | | ● |
网页浏览器控制及网页浏览器笔刷 | | | | ● |
Notification Toast | | | | ● |
文本从右到左 / BiDi 文本 | | | | ● |