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Silverlight
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:16 am
by 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
Re: Silverlight
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:46 am
by 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.
Re: Silverlight
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:57 am
by bmcecosse
Thanks Marky - I was using Opera - i'll try something lese - any suggestions?
Re: Silverlight
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:51 am
by MarkyB
Firefox or Chrome might be better, well woth a try anyway.
Re: Silverlight
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:11 pm
by 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.
