Yep. Supports flash but not Silverlight.
On 28 Aug 2013 11:40, "Bill McCarthy" <bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au>
wrote:

> I thought it does support flash
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-
> |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price
> |Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 11:31 AM
> |To: ozDotNet
> |Subject: Re: Silverlight on Windows 8
> |
> |Greg,
> |Windows 8 IE browser (the full screen metro one) does not support plugins.
> So no
> |Silverlight, no Flash etc.
> |
> |It's more commonly known as a Silverlight Coup de grĂ¢ce.
> |
> |Enjoy.
> |
> |
> |On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote:
> |
> |
> |       Folks, I'm getting a weird conflict running Silverlight 5 apps on
> Windows
> |8. In the Metro shell's browser it knows I don't have SL5 installed on the
> first visit
> |and asks me to install a file (with x64 in the name). It then flips over
> to
> the old
> |shell and installs the file okay. Now SL5 is working in IE10 in the old
> shell, but the
> |Metro browser keeps asking me to install Silverlight over and over, and if
> you do
> |it says "another version is already installed".
> |
> |       So there is a catch-22 dead-end. Some web searches hint that SL5 is
> not
> |supported in the Windows 8 Metro browser. I could not believe this would
> be
> |true. Is it, or am I missing some trick?
> |
> |
> |       Greg
> |
>
>
>

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