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Here is a comprehensive guide to understanding why Silverlight left Chrome and how you can manage legacy content today. The Rise and Fall of Silverlight on Chrome silverlight chrome
If you encounter a legacy website that still requires Silverlight, you have a few (increasingly difficult) options: 1. IE Mode in Microsoft Edge For users: Here is a comprehensive guide to
As of 2021, Google Chrome no longer supports Silverlight due to its deprecated NPAPI plugin architecture. This means that users cannot run Silverlight applications or content within Chrome. This means that users cannot run Silverlight applications
Initially, Chrome provided native support for Silverlight through the PPAPI (Native Client) plugin. However, in 2014, Google announced that it would phase out support for NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) plugins, including Silverlight, in favor of HTML5 and other open standards.