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It wouldn't surprise me if MS dropped the Silverlight browser plugin all together: it is becoming their mobile app technology and looks like it will also replac
by sambeau 15y ago
It wouldn't surprise me if MS dropped the Silverlight browser plugin all together: it is becoming their mobile app technology and looks like it will also replace WPF on the desktop. It makes sense for them to drop the plugin and embrace HTML5 like they claim they are.
If they did, then where would the argument go?
- contextfree 15y agoI don't think they will do this anytime soon, but they might introduce extra restrictions on where Silverlight can run, like they have with ActiveX. They are still promoting in-browser Silverlight for internal business apps.
- nextparadigms 15y agoFlash 11 will also use the GPU for 3D.
- StrawberryFrog 15y ago> It wouldn't surprise me if MS dropped the Silverlight browser plugin all together It would surpise me if they dropped it any time soon. MS is big on backward compatibility. Even if a MS technology is "dead" and "abandoned", that just means that there aren't any new versions, but exisiting versions keep working for quite a while.