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And windows phone was better, as was symbian or blackberry at their prime.
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At that time Android was not as powerfull as now, and MS had (and I believe it still has) competence, people to present a viable alternative. But I have to disagree about Windows Phone. Good point regarding silverlight vs flash. The developers behind the project have relased OpenSilver 1.0 Beta recently and revealed plans to release the final version of OpenSilver 1.0 on October 12, 2021. In 2020, the OpenSilver project emerged to provide companies with a modern Silverlight implementation based on modern technologies. The official Silverlight website will remain available, but Microsoft will remove the Silverlight installer from the website after the end of support date.
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Companies can continue to run Silverlight assets legally after Octoaccording to Microsoft, as the license is not tied to the continuation of support. Microsoft notes on the official FAQ page that it "is not planning to take any specific action to terminate Silverlight applications". After June 15, 2022, Microsoft Edge's IE Mode is the only official option that users have to run Silverlight applications.Īpplications that rely on Silverlight will continue to function. Internet Explorer 11, which is set to be retired on June 15, 2022, is the only browser that supports it natively. To submit a tech question, e-mail Rob at Follow him on Twitter at /robpegoraro.Microsoft's Edge browser does not support Silverlight, but the integrated IE Mode of the browser supports it. Rob Pegoraro is a tech writer based out of Washington, D.C.
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More: New Microsoft Windows 10 update adds to 3D, security More: Netflix price hike probably not the last for cord cutters More: A new way to ditch the cable box: Streaming Internet apps And any site picking a fight with Google, Apple and Microsoft’s default browser settings will not have a long future in the business. Users of the other three sites and any others that still depend on these dying formats are right to wonder how many more years they’ll need to wait for a modern browsing experience.īut it can’t be that much longer: Google’s Chrome, Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s Edge all no longer play Flash content automatically. But that site will move to an HTML5 setup for the 2018 season. Major League Baseball’s MLB.tv-an early Silverlight adopter that returned to Flash in 2008-still requires that plug-in for its Web player.Spokeswoman Christina Gregor said in an e-mail that Logitech is “always in the process of reviewing different options.” Some older versions of Logitech’s Harmony programmable universal remotes employ a Web app for their setup that itself requires Silverlight.Company rep Angi Ramos e-mailed that “we’re constantly refreshing the product” but didn’t have “a specific date” for when it would end that Flash dependency. Intuit’s personal-finance app still requires Flash to display graphs of your investments, even though HTML5 can easily handle that work.Asked to explain that, company publicist Lindsey Angioletti wrote in an e-mail that “We are constantly evaluating our current offerings and will make any necessary adjustments to ensure a great customer experience.” The Web app that lets Optimum cable-TV subscribers watch the channels they pay for on a laptop, mentioned here last week, demands Silverlight.
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So what could bring a site to continue to support Silverlight or Flash in 2017, and would it plan to switch to Web standards anytime soon? Three of four sites I found suffering from a Silverlight or Flash hangover did not have great answers.