Windows Forms vs Silverlight Forms

Question

Might be a pretty simple question but I was just wondering is there really a difference in Windows Forms vs. Silverlight Forms?

From what I know Windows Forms are basic day-to-day application forms and Silverlight is much more 'graphical' and appealing? Can someone elaborate more about this?

I was thinking of making a simple program for displaying stuff with a nice look and feel to it with animations and all and is using Silverlight a good choice?

Answer 1

WPF and Win Forms are similar - however WPF uses xaml for the UI. If you're wanting something a bit more "graphical" i would go with WPF as there is more flexibility with the UI.

WPF also contains some UI properties that Win Forms lacks - such as opacity of controls. When you say Silverlight, you probably mean to say WPF - as in browser silverlight has security implications and cannot be used to carry out many of the tasks that can be achived with WPF. (Modifying file systems without a dialog etc...)