Pushing Silverlight over the Edge
Microsoft will not support its own Silverlight web plug-in in Edge, the next generation browser that was formerly known as Project Spartan. Instead, the company is going all-in with HTML5 specifications, the company confirmed in a blog post.
"Support for ActiveX has been discontinued in Microsoft Edge, and that includes removing support for Silverlight. The reasons for this have been discussed in previous blogs and include the emergence of viable and secure media solutions based on HTML5 extensions," Microsoft said.
The Redmond outfit said it will continue to support Silverlight and that non-browser apps can continue to use it. In addition, Silverlight will continue to be supported in Internet Explorer 11 so that sites will still have Silverlight options in Windows 10. However, Microsoft is encouraging companies that still use the Flash alternative to transition to DASH, MSE, EME, and CENC based designs, all of which Windows 10 and Edge support natively.
"This support allows developers to build plug-in free web video apps that runs across a huge range of platforms and devices, with each MSE/EME implementation built on top of a different media pipeline and DRM provider," Microsoft explains.
Microsoft isn't alone here. Google's also begun removing support for Silverlight in its Chrome browser, which runs via the NPAPI plug-in. You can manually switch on support by going under the hood, but according to The Inquirer, even that option will be removed come September.
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