Silverlight and Windows 8 RT

No, they AREN"T listening.  They have made it 100% clear that as an organization they have pretty much abandoned Silverlight outside of supporting what is already released, and they have no intention of bringing it to any new platforms, including Windows RT. 

If you need to run Silverlight on your tablet, you're going to need to buy a different tablet that runs full Windows 8, not Windows RT.   The situation really sucks, but it is what it is.  Microsoft seems to have no intention of fixing it.

Silverlight is also required for testout.com a site used by colleges for tech courses.  Ironically, Microsoft cert courses.  It would be nice to use my new Nokia tablet to study but RT 8.1 doesn't support Silverlight.  Microsoft / Nokia are you listening?

Hi Jack,

 

Welcome to Microsoft Community. It looks like you want to know the Microsoft Silverlight is compatible with Windows RT.

 

Windows 8 Silverlight is compatible with the desktop version of IE but not with the IE 10 app.

So how come it isn't possible to install it on either version on my Surface? One exam board I work with just converted from a marking program to an online marking system based on Silverlight so people could use mobile devices. Shame it won't work :(

Hi nababoya,

this is your opinion. Never said that Surface or Microsoft has no problem, but if you need a tablet just to watch Netflix, Facebook, Youtube... the market is full of a wide range of products and you can choose the best that fits your needs. With all its possible, gaps, bugs to be fixed, at the moment the only tablet on the market that allows you to do the same things the other tablets do plus working is Surface. The other tablets are only for entertainment, Surface for entertainment and working.

Hope they fix bugs normal for such a big release as 8.1 and you are always free to buy the brand you think is the best, the coolest...

Unifying desktops, cells, tablets, laptops and all the possible devices can come up during the next years is not easy, Microsoft is trying to do it, the road is long and these are normal inconveniences  on this journey.

My opinion.

Bye,

Easywin.

the plug-ins (like silverlight, whatever) will come back eventually. the history repeats. the key is that the plug-ins should be regulated by ms or browser vendors so that it can't be a source of malware or cause a stability problem. look at google. they're all in to create and promote their plug-ins. just let the war begins explicitly. who cares about the standard. the best expereince comes first. i don't mind using ie and chrome together.

hence, i can't really undersyand. how come adbe flash works but not silverlight on windows rt? it sucks.

fyi, i recentely bought surface 2. it's a brilllant h/w but some s/w glitches make it suck. for example, the youtube.com page loading takes forever. the speaker is making jiggling sound. both issues seem to be universal. i feel like beta testing this ****. hence, ms's return policy also sucks. i should have waited until it's available from amazon.

yeah. i'll keep complaining for next 2 weeks and if my complaint dosn't reach ballmer i'll return this surface 2 through all my means. perhaps, there are lots of people who will do. so, complaints really matters and it gives an opportunity to ms to fix problems.