Silverlight and Windows 8 RT

Anonymous
2012-12-28T00:25:01+00:00

Hi,

I would like to know what the situation with Silverlight and Windows 8 RT. All the information out there seems to point to Windows 8 RT not supporting Silverlight, is this a permanent decision?

Consequently, a number of services that require Silverlight  such as LOVEFILM are now inaccessible on Windows 8 RT. What is Microsoft's plan to fix this? Does Microsoft expect these services to ditch Silverlight in favour of a HTML5/Javascript?

Kind regards,

Jack Andrew

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-02-06T13:48:55+00:00

    The requests for answers on Silverlight support in Win RT have been ongoing for 6 months now.

     

    Basically either whoever MS appoints to answer doesn't even know silverlights future on Win RT (if it even has any) or MS simply doesn't want to come say 'NO it's never going to be supported we've killed our own platform'.

     

    We all know it doesn't work now the answer everyone wants to know is WILL IT!?

    Steve Jobs killed Silverlight with one statement: "There will be no plugins on the iPad... The future is HTML 5..." He is laughing in his grave with Satan.

    On the other hand, it works just fine on Windows 8 and should work on Surface Pro... So if a few sites need to provide support for WinRT, they already had to cross that bridge for the competitor platforms anyway. Silverlight will be supported by MS for 10 years ending in 2021 I believe... Bing it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-21T19:59:54+00:00

    I spoke with one of the MS engineers about the subject and was told that Silverlight will not be supported in RT period. I took my device back to the store.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-15T17:34:04+00:00

    The requests for answers on Silverlight support in Win RT have been ongoing for 6 months now.

    Basically either whoever MS appoints to answer doesn't even know silverlights future on Win RT (if it even has any) or MS simply doesn't want to come say 'NO it's never going to be supported we've killed our own platform'.

    We all know it doesn't work now the answer everyone wants to know is WILL IT!?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-09T17:43:36+00:00

    It would be nice to know about the future of Silverlight - and whether Silverlight support is coming to IE 10 (metro version).

    Netflix uses Silverlight for video streaming, but thankfully there's a Netflix app for Windows RT. Hopefully a LoveFilm app is coming for Windows 8/RT.

    Kate

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-01-09T15:30:39+00:00

    >  A major percentage of the meeting in the real world are setup like this.

    Really? All my Lync invites are via an Outlook appt, so I can use the Lync app on Windows RT or Windows Phone.

    Kate

    p.s. Thinking about this more - I think when I used the link in the past with Lync installed on my Surface, I was asked if I wanted to use the Lync app instead.

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