Silverlight

[bmcecosse]

What is Silverlight? When I try to watch a Sky film (perfectly legitimately) on my laptop, it tells me i need Silverlight. Then when it's loaded, the film stutters and stumbles -and a message tells me 'Silverlight is slowing the computer'... So - what does it do - and is there a way round this - or an alternative I could use? Thanks as always for any advice offered! Roy

[MarkyB]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight

It was Microsofts attempt at an Adobe flash replacement, it never did well.
Microsoft announced the end of life of Silverlight 5 in 2012. In 2013, Microsoft announced that they had ceased development of Silverlight.

I'm surprised it's still in use, if you are using a browser to watch try another one.

[bmcecosse]

Thanks Marky - I was using Opera - i'll try something lese - any suggestions?

[MarkyB]

Firefox or Chrome might be better, well woth a try anyway.

[bmcecosse]

Thanks for that - switched to Firefox on that laptop and it works a treat on Sky.Go. The Monza GP was watched without any interruptions or grief.