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Title: What's the downside to "SilverLight"
Post by: RHPConsult on September 07, 2012, 12:58:04 PM

I'm a caregiver to a Parkinson's patient.

The Parkinson's Disease Foundation presents a regular series of on-line educational seminars. However their "purveyor" issues these instructions if one wishes to participate, as I do . . .

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I don't aspire (ever) to install anything from M$, unless absolutely necessary.

Is there any reason to worry about "SilverLight"? Will I have 10,006 unnecessary M$ files dumped into my HD as a result of responding to this "invitation".

I'm essentially clueless about SilverLight, just suspicious.

Title: What's the downside to "SilverLight"
Post by: Xairbusdriver on September 07, 2012, 01:41:06 PM

It does no more harm than any other MS code. As far as I know, they are no longer developing it, however, so that site might want to consider something less commercial, like HTML5... And, the last surveys I've seen also says MS browsers are being used by decreasing numbers of people, even as MS finally improves their browsers enough to approach near compatibility with last years web standards.

Title: What's the downside to "SilverLight"
Post by: tacit on September 07, 2012, 05:27:33 PM

There are no particular problems with it that I've encountered. Netflix uses it too.

Title: What's the downside to "SilverLight"
Post by: RHPConsult on September 07, 2012, 07:49:19 PM

Tacit:

That's reassuring. Thanks.

ABD

IMO, I have no discernible standing to influence the PDF in their choice of computers/software/procedures.

Title: What's the downside to "SilverLight"
Post by: Gary S on September 18, 2012, 01:36:58 PM

QUOTE

There are no particular problems with it that I've encountered. Netflix uses it too.

I haven't had any problems with "SilverLight" either, running Snow Leopard.