Seriously? What happened to the "No Plug ins" ??? Wow. Microsoft, you really know how to do a number on your tech. You want something gone, you don't mess about. The smoking gun is still in your hand!
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Joseph Cooney <[email protected]>wrote: > Yep. Supports flash but not Silverlight. > On 28 Aug 2013 11:40, "Bill McCarthy" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I thought it does support flash >> >> |-----Original Message----- >> |From: [email protected] [mailto:ozdotnet- >> |[email protected]] 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 grâce. >> | >> |Enjoy. >> | >> | >> |On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> 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 >> | >> >> >>
