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I thought they gave up on Silverlight. Is this the last hurrah? Or are they not going down without a fight?

ale55andro 15y ago
What makes you think so? sl4 support until 2013 and sl5 until 2021 sounds like great news for people invested in silverlight. Also despite Maryjo's speculation that sl5 will be IE and windows only, now we know SL5 continues to support the same set of browsers it supported in sl4 on both windows and mac.
- RainFlutter 15y ago
  "SL5 until 2021" really means "bugfixes and security updates only," of course. The future of the technology is stagnation.
  - ale55andro 15y ago
    There is still only speculation that this will be the last version. That said, it will most likely fit the bill for a lot of apps in it's current form. If SL5 can give you what you want, I don't see a real problem not to use it to develop your next app. It has the tools now and it's in production now.
    - simonw 15y ago
      If you don't think an app you start writing today will still be being used in 10 years time, you're being short-sighted in my opinion. That kind of attitude is the reason so many companies are still stuck on IE6 (which came out just over ten years ago) due to poorly written intranet apps.
      - ale55andro 15y ago
        You raise a point which is interesting if there was an official word from microsoft that this will be the last version. Right now this is still only speculation. Anyway, from a pragmatic view point SL5 is available today. A fresh release like this is a good reason to rejoice instead of speculating when the next release will be. Out of curiousity, what alternate are you suggesting that has the same unmatched tooling, documentation and support "today"? Specifically, if the mobile/tablet is not your target and your main audience is desktop on mac/windows and perhaps linux(note: with a small effort you can make your app work on moonlight too). Edit: note also that with a small effort you can target the new windows 8 marketspace and release it as a metro style app as well.
- mythz 15y ago
  SL5 would not be supported until 2021 if there was going to be a SL6.
angkec 15y ago
I heard rumors they are shutting down Sliverlight. So this is surprising for me too.

What makes you think so? sl4 support until 2013 and sl5 until 2021 sounds like great news for people invested in silverlight. Also despite Maryjo's speculation that sl5 will be IE and windows only, now we know SL5 continues to support the same set of browsers it supported in sl4 on both windows and mac.

RainFlutter 15y ago
"SL5 until 2021" really means "bugfixes and security updates only," of course. The future of the technology is stagnation.
- ale55andro 15y ago
  There is still only speculation that this will be the last version. That said, it will most likely fit the bill for a lot of apps in it's current form. If SL5 can give you what you want, I don't see a real problem not to use it to develop your next app. It has the tools now and it's in production now.
  - simonw 15y ago
    If you don't think an app you start writing today will still be being used in 10 years time, you're being short-sighted in my opinion. That kind of attitude is the reason so many companies are still stuck on IE6 (which came out just over ten years ago) due to poorly written intranet apps.
    - ale55andro 15y ago
      You raise a point which is interesting if there was an official word from microsoft that this will be the last version. Right now this is still only speculation. Anyway, from a pragmatic view point SL5 is available today. A fresh release like this is a good reason to rejoice instead of speculating when the next release will be. Out of curiousity, what alternate are you suggesting that has the same unmatched tooling, documentation and support "today"? Specifically, if the mobile/tablet is not your target and your main audience is desktop on mac/windows and perhaps linux(note: with a small effort you can make your app work on moonlight too). Edit: note also that with a small effort you can target the new windows 8 marketspace and release it as a metro style app as well.
mythz 15y ago
SL5 would not be supported until 2021 if there was going to be a SL6.

angkec 15y ago

I heard rumors they are shutting down Sliverlight. So this is surprising for me too.