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What is Microsoft Silverlight and do I need it?
Silverlight is Microsoft’s technology to improve web content and your overall Internet experience. With Silverlight, browsers can play MP3, WMV and WMA files without Windows Media Player opening or the WMP ActiveX control. It supports multi-media content such as animation, video playback, and interactive features.
Is it OK to uninstall Microsoft Silverlight?
Microsoft Silverlight Silverlight is a web framework, similar to Adobe Flash, that once enabled rich media content in your browser. Years ago, these plugins were necessary on a lot of websites. But now they’re deprecated and no longer useful. You won’t lose anything by uninstalling Silverlight.
Is Microsoft Silverlight still used?
Microsoft Silverlight will reach the end of support on October 12, 2021. Silverlight development framework is currently only supported on Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11, with support for Internet Explorer 10 ending on January 31, 2020.
Is Silverlight dead?
SharePoint includes a Silverlight Web part out-of-the-box. The Silverlight Web part is as easy to use as setting the path to the Silverlight application. Let’s go ahead and add the Silverlight Web part to the home page of your site.
How to create a Silverlight Web part in Visual Studio?
To create a Silverlight Web Part by using a Visual Studio extension project Open Visual Studio and open the New Project dialog box. Select the SharePoint-2010 node on the left. The first page of the New Project Wizard looks just like any SharePoint New Project Wizard. You must type the path for the SharePoint server.
When does Silverlight support end for Internet Explorer 10?
Silverlight development framework is currently only supported on Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11, with support for Internet Explorer 10 ending on January 31, 2020. There is no longer support for Chrome, Firefox, or any browser using the Mac operating system. What is the current level of support Microsoft will provide for Silverlight?
Where can I run Silverlight on my Desktop?
Desktop applications — Most people think about Silverlight running in the browser or in SharePoint 2010 (the latter being the case in this chapter), but Silverlight can be run out of the browser, on the user’s desktop.