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title: "What features are missing from Silverlight presentation markup that will be supported in WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)?"  
description: "What features are missing from Silverlight presentation markup that will be supported in WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)?"  
author: "James Smith"  
published: 2011-05-23  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1037/what-features-are-missing-from-silverlight-presentation-markup-that-will-be-supported-in-wpf-windows-presentation-foundation  
category: "silverlight"  
tags: ["silverlight"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What features are missing from Silverlight presentation markup that will be supported in WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation)?

Some high-end Windows specific features of WPF, such as real 3D, hardware-based video acceleration, and full document support, will not be supported in Silverlight. This is by design in order to serve Silverlight’s cross-browser, cross-platform reach scenario that demands a light weight plug-in. That being said, Silverlight will offer a uniform runtime that can render identical experiences across browsers on both Mac OS and Windows.

## Answers

### Answer by James Smith

Some high-end Windows specific features of WPF, such as real 3D, hardware-based video acceleration, and full document support, will not be supported in Silverlight. This is by design in order to serve Silverlight’s cross-browser, cross-platform reach scenario that demands a light weight plug-in. That being said, Silverlight will offer a uniform runtime that can render identical experiences across browsers on both Mac OS and Windows.


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