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Microsoft Silverlight support ends on October 12, 2021

HemantSaxena@TWCN — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:30:47 +0000

There’s a piece of important news for applications relying on Microsoft Silverlight. The company has announced, it will end support for its powerful development tool on October 12, 2021. Microsoft announces end of support date for Silverlight As we all know, the Silverlight development framework is only supported on legacy IE 10 and IE 11 […]

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Silverlight comes back as open source OpenSilver

AshishMohta@TWC — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:58:05 +0000

Microsoft started recommending everyone to abandon their Silverlight technology around five years ago. The technology was developed to deliver rich content on the web as an alternative to Javascript, Flash, and other techs. Silverlight was an answer to everything, but then HTML5 came into the picture. The biggest problem with Silverlight was that it was […]

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Firefox to support Microsoft Silverlight

ShiwangiPeswani@TWC — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 02:24:48 +0000

The much awaited Firefox 64-bit build for Windows is finally here. Mozilla released bug report 1225293 today which indicates company’s plans to add Microsoft Silverlight support in its Winx64 version of Firefox. Mozilla recently silently launched Firefox 64-bit for Windows OS with a support for Silverlight. However, company hasn’t yet revealed when this version of […]

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Is Silverlight taking its final breath? Of course it is!

VamienMcKalin@TWCN — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 03:20:14 +0000

With Microsoft choosing to omit Silverlight support from its new Edge web browser, is this the end of the Internet applications format? Yes, it is, and it should have happened a long time ago. Silverlight was first created to compete with Adobe Flash, and while in many areas it was better than Flash, it was […]

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Microsoft Edge will not support Silverlight

ArunKumar@TWCN — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 04:14:54 +0000

In a blog post yesterday, Microsoft made it clear that it will not be using Silverlight plugin in its latest browser named Edge. Silverlight, Java and Flash are three plugins that are most exploited by cybercriminals for taking over browsers. Edge may include minimal Flash on the account. Java is no way allowed. But you […]

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Internet Explorer starts blocking out-of-date Silverlight and ActiveX controls

AnandKhanse@TWC — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:49:56 +0000

Starting November 2014, Microsoft will start blocking out-of-date ActiveX controls and Silverlight on Internet Explorer. The following IE versions on the said Windows operating systems will be supported, beginning January 2016: Windows operating system Internet Explorer version Windows Vista SP2 Internet Explorer 9 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Internet Explorer 9 Windows 7 SP1 Internet Explorer 11 […]

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Microsoft takes Silverlight.Net offline – breaks many a links!

LeeWhittington@TWCN — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:38:22 +0000

Microsoft, the software giant has reportedly shut down its Silverlight.Net site. The site which was released 5 years ago and served as a resource for the web developers has been pulled out from business. The news came to light after Tim Anderson of ITWriting noted loads of links directing to resources and discussions on Silverlight […]

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Microsoft releases Silverlight 5

AnandKhanse@TWC — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:39:57 +0000

Microsoft has announced the release of Silverlight 5. Silverlight is a powerful development tool for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web and mobile applications Silverlight 5 includes the following new features: Hardware Decode of H.264 media, which provides a significant performance improvement Postscript Vector Printing to improve output quality and file size Improved graphics […]

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Silverlight for Symbian Released

AnandKhanse@TWC — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:33:28 +0000

Microsoft has officially released a version of Silverlight for the Symbian platform, allowing applications to run on selected Nokia handsets. Silverlight, a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework for building media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web on desktop computers, is also available for Nokia S60 5th Edition devices such as Nokia […]

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Silverlight 4 Released

AnandKhanse@TWC — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:07:57 +0000

Microsoft has released Silverlight 4. Silverlight is a powerful development platform for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web, desktop, and mobile applications when online or offline. This latest version of Silverlight 4 delivers hundreds of features and controls that, when combined with the continued innovation in Microsoft’s world-class tools for designers and developers, Microsoft […]

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Windows4all.com moves to Silverlight 3.

AnandKhanse@TWC — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:31:52 +0000

Windows4all is an online virtual operating system. It is is a website that simulates an operating system inside your web browser. You can launch applications right away without installation. This project has now moved form Silverlight 2 to Silverlight 3. Right click on its desktop and it will give you 2 options : (a) Silverlight […]

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Get your Playboy magazine archives, courtesy Silverlight.

AnandKhanse@TWC — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:15:29 +0000

Silverlight is bringing magazine memories back to life through Bondi Digital Publishing’s Cover to Cover. Starting with classic issues of Playboy and Rolling Stone, Cover to Cover features stunning quality and lets you browse and search decades of content that would otherwise be impossible to mine. A must-see. Bondi Digital Publishing was looking for […]

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