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- 1+1. Legacy Silverlight sites, of course, get no consideration at all.MarkJ– MarkJ2013-05-10 16:22:47 +00:00Commented May 10, 2013 at 16:22
- Also HTML5 is not ready yet consistently whereas Flash is mature.Den– Den2013-05-10 16:43:49 +00:00Commented May 10, 2013 at 16:43
- If this is for backward compatibility, why isn't Microsoft own Silverlight allowed?Mika– Mika2013-05-11 11:50:41 +00:00Commented May 11, 2013 at 11:50
- There are obviously other factors that go into it, but if you think about the amount of Flash on the web vs Silverlight on the web, it's a pretty massive gap. I don't work for Microsoft, and wasn't in the conversations, but install base is definitely a factor. Also, this is just in the touch mode of the browser. If you have to have Silverlight support, you can always drop back to desktop mode, which still has all the touch support enabled, it just doesn't have all the touch-centric chrome, at least in the Pro version (don't have an RT device to double check myself for that version, though).Ryan Hayes– Ryan Hayes2013-05-11 14:29:45 +00:00Commented May 11, 2013 at 14:29
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