Do any of you have experience with Silverlight?

[MaryL]

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]]

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

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:

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

 

[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/


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

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:

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

 

[Charlie Tame]

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.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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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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

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:

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

 

[Richard in AZ]

|
| | > 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]

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

 

[Canuck57]

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.

 

[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]

| @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:
|
| > 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.
|
|
| --
| Please remove my_pants when replying by email.
|
|
|

Keep your pants on. There are no "fool proof" answers to any thing. But that does not mean we have
to hide in a hole all our life.

 

[Chris Jacobsen]

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

Thanks,
MaryL

It will likely see great improvements. The 1.0 release of the software is
not very robust (I hate that word). The 2.0 is in beta and will be a much
better experience for users.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

It will likely see great improvements. The 1.0 release of the software is not
very robust (I hate that word). The 2.0 is in beta and will be a much better
experience

for users.

Have you noticed that businesses which don't provide a service or
product any better than their competition have started crooning about
the "experience" that they offer? Thus, there's the "driving experience",
the "shopping experience", the "dining experience", the "movie-going
experience", the "medical care experience", the "homemaking
experience", and the "Internet browsing experience". Right now, I
drive a small car that has a mileage experience to offset the recently
enhanced gasoline hosing experience and the resulting reduced
horizon experienced.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Queen Hippolyta]

I understand Silverlight much better now to all of the great responses
to MaryLs' question. Thanks ....but I am still unsure of a few things as I
am not very computer literate, know just enough to be dangerous !? Thank You
All for your time with this.
It was stated that Silverlight 'competes' with Adobe, etc. My question
is: If you already have Adobe or any of the other whatchamacallits like
that, how do you know which one to use when trying to view a video or
whatever? Or does the computer and/or the website tell you which one to use,
(Activ-X ? )
Also, being as I'm not very computer savvy, (can't you tell by my
fabulous use of technical jargon !), pls let me ask: Silverlight2 is out, but
it is in beta........so would it be prudent to just wait until they have
worked on it a bit longer & DL the #1 version or just forget about it all
together until prompted to use it ?
Thank's for all your time & help .......QH

 

[shalimarguru]

Hello Carey Frisch ; you seem to know what this is all about and so I
wondered could you tell me how to install Silverlight. I downloaded it but
cant get it to install and dont understand why it tells me I need to use
refresh key at end of install process. I dont even know what refresh is all
about so I dont know what I am supposed to do next. I really cant understand
why Microsoft cant instruct me on this - I asked them for assistance and got
nothing.

 

[MKR]

Contacting MS is useless. They do not care about little fish like yours
though it is NOT a little fish for you. I am saying this out of experience
with MS.
Now to your issue. Did you install Silverlight before? I am asking this for
the following reason. I had a similar problem with Silverlight installation.
I had it installed and for some unknown reason it disappeared. I started to
download and install again and it would not let me install it. It took weeks
until I found out that some of the installation was still present in the
registry and some system folders. I then ran the Windows install clean up
utility which can be downloaded at MS. Running this thing and then
installing Silverlight worked but you have to be careful when you use it.

It can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

I hope this helps.