On Windows 10 the default browser is Edge, this is incompatible with Silverlight and MS will not be adding Silverlight support. For example, it just won’t work on recent macs using Chrome. Other companies seem to have decided that means they’re not going to support Silverlight.Leo says Silverlight is safe, its made by Microsoft and is pretty much a Flash equivalent. In typically Microsoft style, the software giant has surely missed the boat by aiming at a replacement for Adobe Flash when the web world was already shifting towards interactive Web 2.0. Silverlight® is not supported in ChromeTM browserThe harsh truth is, Microsoft Silverlight has already fallen considerably behind Adobe Air and typical for a Microsoft product on Mac, it's prone to bugs. Safari® 9.1 Note: Only the most recent version under a major version number is supported, excluding test, preview, alpha, and beta builds, none of which are supported. So what exactly is Silverlight?Mac OS X (10.7 10.11) Supported Web Browsers. You've probably seen the message: "An application you want to download may require Silverlight." May? If that's marketing, I'm not convinced that I need the product.
![]() Flash/Air competes directly with Silverlight/.NET. NET Framework both provide vast libraries of functions that save programers lots of time and support standardized ways of doing things in applications. Adobe Air is analogous to Microsoft. Shani dev serialThis tool allows you to easily track all the items you are interested in as well as see which auctions you've won with a drag and drop tool that runs as a side bar to eBay in IE 8."Yes, you need IE 8 to use eBay's Silverlight tool. "When you really need to know if you won that eBay item," says Microsoft developer and Silverlight community leader, "use the new auction item tracker tool created by eBay using Silverlight and Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8). To learn more about programming Silverlight applications, visit the official Silverlight site.Who is using Silverlight? eBay, for one. Ms Silverlight Free Market ForResistance May Not Be FutileSo far, I've resisted the siren call of Silverlight on my office computer, and I don't feel like I'm missing anything. And we do like the free market. But that's the free market for you. People must switch browsers download and install multiple platforms (.NET, Adobe Air) and add several browser plugins that do the same thing only differently. We end up with a fragmented Web. A Web developer may not have the resources to design the same app for all operating system/browser combinations. ![]()
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