Do any of you have experience with Silverlight?

Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
Silverlight
because I don't know anything about it.

MaryL

Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and
cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media
experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"MaryL" wrote:

Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
Silverlight
because I don't know anything about it.

MaryL

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and
> cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media
> experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
> http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "MaryL" wrote:
>
> Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
> you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
> Silverlight
> because I don't know anything about it.
>
> MaryL

Have you used it? If so, can you explain more about it. Your description
is the same as on the site you linked (and doesn't really explain a lot to
me). If I click on "tell me more" at the MS site, I would have to install
Silverlight to see it. So, can you give me some practical (meaning: I don't
understand) uses for someone who is not a tecchie but who does a *lot* of
Internet browsing, spreadsheeting, and word processing?

Thanks,
MaryL

MaryL wrote:
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and
>> cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media
>> experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
>>
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Desktop Experience -
>> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "MaryL" wrote:
>>
>> Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
>> you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
>> Silverlight
>> because I don't know anything about it.
>>
>> MaryL
>
> Have you used it? If so, can you explain more about it. Your
> description is the same as on the site you linked (and doesn't really
> explain a lot to me). If I click on "tell me more" at the MS site, I
> would have to install Silverlight to see it. So, can you give me some
> practical (meaning: I don't understand) uses for someone who is not a
> tecchie but who does a *lot* of Internet browsing, spreadsheeting, and
> word processing?
>
> Thanks,
> MaryL


It is like Adobe Flash Player and as websites adopt it you will end up
having to use it... the weather on www.kcci.com for example.

Unless you plan to author stuff with it I think that is about as simple
an explanation as you can get.

Many web sites that are feature-rich use an activeX plug-in,
such as Adobe Flash Player or Microsoft's Silverlight. It's
use is transparent to the user. You can always uninstall
Silverlight if for some reason you don't care for it.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"MaryL" <-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message news:%...

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and
> cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media
> experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
> http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience -
> Windows Vista Enthusiast
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "MaryL" wrote:
>
> Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
> you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
> Silverlight
> because I don't know anything about it.
>
> MaryL

Have you used it? If so, can you explain more about it. Your description
is the same as on the site you linked (and doesn't really explain a lot to
me). If I click on "tell me more" at the MS site, I would have to install
Silverlight to see it. So, can you give me some practical (meaning: I don't
understand) uses for someone who is not a tecchie but who does a *lot* of
Internet browsing, spreadsheeting, and word processing?

Thanks,
MaryL

"MaryL" <-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
news:%...
|
| "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
| news:...
| > Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and
| > cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media
| > experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
| > http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
| >
| >
| > --
| > Carey Frisch
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Windows Desktop Experience -
| > Windows Vista Enthusiast
| >
| > ---------------------------------------------------------------
| >
| > "MaryL" wrote:
| >
| > Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
| > you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
| > Silverlight
| > because I don't know anything about it.
| >
| > MaryL
|
| Have you used it? If so, can you explain more about it. Your description
| is the same as on the site you linked (and doesn't really explain a lot to
| me). If I click on "tell me more" at the MS site, I would have to install
| Silverlight to see it. So, can you give me some practical (meaning: I don't
| understand) uses for someone who is not a tecchie but who does a *lot* of
| Internet browsing, spreadsheeting, and word processing?
|
| Thanks,
| MaryL

It is Microsoft's answer to "flash player" to be used in web sites.
If a web site uses silverlight, it is handy to have.
If you don't have it, some animation on a web site might not work as intended.
It is not required, but it is not harmful either.

"MaryL" <-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
news:...
> Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
> you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
> Silverlight
> because I don't know anything about it.
>
> MaryL
>

Thanks, everyone. That does explain it. I'll download it, and now I will
also go back to the site Carey Frisch referenced and look at the "tell me
more" demo.

MaryL

"MaryL" <-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
> you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
> Silverlight
> because I don't know anything about it.
>
> MaryL

Mary,

Very few sites use it and general adoption is still up for grabs. And it is
still under development. Not yet portable either.

By defering installing it, you have one less thing to go wrong and possibly
one less thing to update later.

You will know when you need it.

"Canuck57" <dave-> wrote in message
news:0a1Yj.149298$Cj7.63306@pd7urf2no...
>
> "MaryL" <-OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> Do any of you have experience with Microsoft Silverlight? If so, what do
>> you think of it? I am using Vista Home Premium but have not installed
>> Silverlight
>> because I don't know anything about it.
>>
>> MaryL
>
> Mary,
>
> Very few sites use it and general adoption is still up for grabs. And it
> is still under development. Not yet portable either.
>
> By defering installing it, you have one less thing to go wrong and
> possibly one less thing to update later.
>
> You will know when you need it.
>
>
>

Aha! That's a good thought, too. It could easily be downloaded later.

Thanks,
MaryL

"Richard in AZ" <> wrote in news:ON$1XwSuIHA.552
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> It is not required, but it is not harmful either.
>

In the same way that flash is not harmful?

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1655
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6019
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-0071
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1654

Sadly, these sort of web-based components have a history of eventually
falling to some sort of exploit.

There are no good reasons to install silverlight currently, and plenty to
say, do not.


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