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I think Silverlight could have been more of a thing if MS handled their UI story better -- WPF/Silverlight was great to develop for and it did solve some proble

I think Silverlight could have been more of a thing if MS handled their UI story better -- WPF/Silverlight was great to develop for and it did solve some problems. I remember that Windows Phone (which also was pretty good) didn't run Silverlight sites -- I always thought that was the weirdest choice, because if it did it would have provided a great mobile experience for it's time.

JamesNK 6y ago
The future of Silverlight and Flash died when mobile phones rejected browser plugins. No amount of good choices from MS/Adobe would change that.
- zoomablemind 6y ago
  Wasn't that the HTML5 which predicated the Flash video demise? Not sure if it affected Silverlight to the same extent. Yet, the other day I saw another Flash update pop up on Win 10 laptop in Edge. I don't even know why it's still needed.... What a strange ritual (now it's pushidng McAfee along). Edit: FYI, quoting from the Wired, 2017: Adobe itself acknowledged the transition [from Flash over to HTML5], though a bit less bluntly: “As open standards like HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly have matured over the past several years, most now provide many of the capabilities and functionalities that plugins pioneered and have become a viable alternative for content on the web.” https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-finally-kills-flash-dead/ https://www.wired.com/story/adobe-finally-kills-flash-dead/
- ShhhDontTell 6y ago
  They were dying before that. Open web standards were a big thing for anyone doing front-end dev then. iphone not supporting flash was just another nail in the coffin... turned out to be a big nail.