The video broadcast system owner that Microsoft has put in place and used for years will be abandoned, and that since the Redmond company announced that the next browser Edge , available in Windows 10 , will not offer support for Silverlight for video playback.
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Originally developed by Microsoft as an alternative to Adobe Flash, Silverlight development round was the streaming media-based, but it has become obsolete over time due to the growing support for a more universal standard HTML5. Microsoft has stopped actively developing Silverlight in 2013 and competing browsers like Google Chrome, ended the support Silverlight.
Detailed in a publication from Microsoft Edge development blog, the development team wrote that the "ActiveX support was abandoned in Microsoft Edge, and will lead to the removal of Silverlight" . The firm goes on to mention that the reasons for this neglect have been discussed in previous articles on the blog of the company, and include the emergence of viable and secure media solutions based on HTML5 extensions. "Nevertheless, Microsoft continues to offer support to Silverlight for backward compatibility " , says Microsoft.
Internet Explorer 11 will always
The team continues that Silverlight will also continue to be supported in Internet Explorer 11 . Thus, sites will continue to run on a web browser in Windows Office 10. At the same time, the firm encourages companies use Silverlight to begin the transition to designs based on DASH / MSE / NECC / HES. This represents the most widely interoperable solution across browsers, platforms, content and devices in the future.
Interestingly, the giant Netflix platform previously used Silverlight to stream video to clients on desktops and laptops. But since Microsoft announced the end of development of Silverlight, Netflix has quickly turned to HTML5 to stream video to subscribers.
The browser Microsoft Edge will be available for Windows users 10 at the end of the month . Microsoft plans to gradually deploy updates to Windows 10 for consumers from July 29, participants of Windows Insider program will be the first to have access to the new operating system.
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Originally developed by Microsoft as an alternative to Adobe Flash, Silverlight development round was the streaming media-based, but it has become obsolete over time due to the growing support for a more universal standard HTML5. Microsoft has stopped actively developing Silverlight in 2013 and competing browsers like Google Chrome, ended the support Silverlight.
Internet Explorer 11 will always
The team continues that Silverlight will also continue to be supported in Internet Explorer 11 . Thus, sites will continue to run on a web browser in Windows Office 10. At the same time, the firm encourages companies use Silverlight to begin the transition to designs based on DASH / MSE / NECC / HES. This represents the most widely interoperable solution across browsers, platforms, content and devices in the future.
Interestingly, the giant Netflix platform previously used Silverlight to stream video to clients on desktops and laptops. But since Microsoft announced the end of development of Silverlight, Netflix has quickly turned to HTML5 to stream video to subscribers.
The browser Microsoft Edge will be available for Windows users 10 at the end of the month . Microsoft plans to gradually deploy updates to Windows 10 for consumers from July 29, participants of Windows Insider program will be the first to have access to the new operating system.