What is Microsoft Silverlight and why do I need it?

Anonymous
2010-06-30T03:58:53+00:00

Can someone explain the benefits of MS Silverlight (both Pros and Cons)? Sorry to ask and I might be able to figure it out if I had time to open it up and see exactly each feature does, but just from opening the program up for the first time; I'm not sure that I need it or what it is for exactly? Thanks in advance for any insight someone can give me.

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2010-06-30T15:18:04+00:00

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:58:53 +0000, xy_jeff wrote:

Can someone explain the benefits of MS Silverlight (both Pros and Cons)? Sorry to ask and I might be able to figure it out if I had time to open it up and see exactly each feature does, but just from opening the program up for the first time; I'm not sure that I need it or what it is for exactly? Thanks in advance for any insight someone can give me.

You need it if you want to go to web pages that use it. If you don't,

you don't need it.

As far as I'm concerned, you should have it, since it gives you the

ability to go to web pages you might want.

Ken Blake

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2010-06-30T04:08:04+00:00

Hi,

Check this site :

Microsoft SilverLight - on left - Learn Why SilverLight is right for you.

http://www.silverlight.net/

Also there are tutorials there and even its own Community and Forums.

Hope this helps.

Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience : Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-11-04T21:03:54+00:00

    no... don't do that because then all sites that use adobe wont work.  Thats what i was trying to get at with my post below.  only those sites that have switched to silverlight will accept its use...  to some it up sites like youtube and break.com use adobe flash player and are not coded the same way that silverlight is so silverlight wont work with flash (adobe flash player) and vise versa.  Hope i explained that so you could understand it.  Its pretty sad that I've never even had any courses relating to computers or computer science but I can still explain it WAAAAAAY better than "Mr. Blake," <content removed- CoC violation>

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-04T20:57:01+00:00

    thats cooperate america for ya, looks to me like he thinks anything that comes out of his mouth (or keyboard here) is so knowledgeable because he works for the company, even if it is an answer you would expect from a 6 year old lol

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-04T20:52:54+00:00

    its just a copy of adobe flash..... microsoft felt they needed their own "special flash thingy" to feel accomplished or what have you.  Basically someone at microsoft spoke up one day and said " Hey! adobe has the flash player for webpages, we should totally rip that off and put a new name on it so people think its important for them to have because its a microsoft product!"  its completely unneccesary to have except for that web companies have "taken the bait" and are now splitting what was once so simple and so universal so they can get microsofts name on their site.... **** retarded, if you ask me windows is no better than apple when it comes to soaking the masses for all their worth for stupid little apps and add ons and bloatware this bloatware that.  XP was windows last TRUE OS because it was built with a focus on functionality and not "let's see if we just put this graphic here and touchscreen that we can charge this much more for our OS even though its already WAY overpriced... oh and just in case anyone wants to do the troll thing and get the last word in, don't waste your time. TBH, Linux has been doing it right this whole time.... built by the people, for the people... FREE!

    Any trolling comments and or attacks will be ignored so again don't waste your time( even though I'm sure someone will try, thats just how idiots work.

    Have a good day everyone :)

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