Silverlight
Posted March 15th, 2009 @ 12:13pm by Erik J. Barzeski
If your answer is a bit more complex than what's available above, say why in the comments.
I haven't installed it yet - not on my Macs, nor my virtual Windows setups - and don't plan to, either.
Posted 19 Mar 2009 at 1:16pm #
Installed it just for Netflix Instant Mac support, and I think that's the thing that I've used it the most for. In fact, I think that the only other content I've watched with it was some of the Democratic National Convention stuff. For me, it seems to rev up my fans less than Flash player (on black MB, 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo) and the content honestly looks better, although this could just be the sources that I have pulled down the content from.
Of course, most of my Netflix watch now content gets streamed to my PS3 hooked up to the TV, but it's nice to be able to watch the occasional content on my computer.
Posted 19 Mar 2009 at 1:32pm #
I've never actually seen a single thing that uses Silverlight. But I might check it out just to compare it to the abysmal performance of Flash on OS X.
Posted 19 Mar 2009 at 1:57pm #
I've only installed it for Netflix Instant. If I stop using that, I'll probably uninstall it.
Posted 19 Mar 2009 at 2:48pm #
I would install Silverlight for the purpose of trying tafiti, as I read a review and it seems interesting; however, I am using a computer owned by a school, and that which I own does not have a connexion to the Internet. 🙁 P. S. I note that you are using the same icons as Dokuwiki... 🙂
Posted 19 Mar 2009 at 3:45pm #
I installed it for Netflix and for some of the Olympics streaming what have you.
Posted 19 Mar 2009 at 5:23pm #
I work with Sonic Foundry Mediasite, and it's Mac compatibility relies on Silverlight.
Posted 20 Mar 2009 at 2:55pm #
I installed it to watch some video at some point. It works (better than flash) but I might remove it at some point.. just about no sites use it.