Most companies are systematically rolling off older versions of IE for this reason. These older versions of Internet Explorer (IE) create their own support problems in the form of limited operating system compatibility, and lack of security related updates.
Netflix, and Amazon Video both used Silverlight, Youtube utilized Flash.īrowser-side plugins have several disadvantages, and over time trends for tooling drastically shifted from being dominated by Java, Flash, and Silverlight to almost exclusively Javascript based logic in the form of asynchronous javascript libraries (AJAX) and HTML5. This leaves older versions of Internet Explorer to be the only browsers that can run Silverlight applications. Silverlight is compatible with all the different web browser products used on Windows and Mac OS X computer operating systems, including Safari, Firefox, Sea Monkey, and Internet Explorer, although you may need to download a previous version of Silverlight to be compatible with older computer operating systems. Especially with the emergence of streaming video systems platforms. Microsoft Silverlight (64-bit) is a cross-platform, cross-browser, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web. Silverlight Silverlight detection may show that installed/enabled false, but version some. These rich plugins offered many features then not available to users of browsers without plugins. Silverlight We exclude older Gecko browsers from seeing the Silverlight plugin to prevent browser crash. When it is deployed on IIS the page that hosts silverlight content prompts me to download the latest version of the plugin but the latest version of plugin is already installed on my computer and also on the server. This was reflected with three main client-side technologies: Java, Flash, and Silverlight. When I run the application everything is OK in local machine it is working. When Microsoft Silverlight was released, browsers and computers utilized client-side logic and associated plugins to drive rich web experiences.