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 > | > > >