The Future of Microsoft Silverlight

First published in 2007, Microsoft Silverlight offers the alternative to Adobe Flash as a tool for multimedia, animation and graphics in the user's web pregledniku.Najnovija version, Silverlight 5, saw the final release in December 2011, but it remains unclear whether or not Microsoft will develop a sixth Silverlight With the advent of HTML5 and Flash enduring relevance, some claim that we are already witnessing the twilight of Silverlight.

Those who believe HTML5 will "kill" Silverlight and Flash point of HTML5 capability to run multimedia and graphics content on the web without relying on site visitors access to the latest Silverlight and Flash plug-in. However, HTML5 is only the latest browsers like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 9, Safari, Firefox, and several others. Visitors to rely on older browsers see only frustration with the error message. Silverlight generally enjoys wide browser compatibility, but still requires the visitor to run the same version as the site. As HTML5 just seen the release and will take some time for broad application, Silverlight will almost certainly remain in use, but Microsoft May very well be "biding their time" before making any decisions about Silverlight 6th

Microsoft itself refused to comment on the subject, leaving pundits to read between the lines. Microsoft has said it will continue to offer support for their platform for at least the next five years, but they also announced that their cross-platform runtime solution will be HTML5 because it makes for easy transfer of software across different devices. Other industry watchers watching the recent announcement that Adobe gives up the further development of Flash on mobile devices in order to focus on HTML5 and Microsoft expect that a similar attitude.

Some industry observers also point to the personnel changes at Microsoft as a sign of ambivalence. Scott Guthrie, the majority believes that the "father" of Silverlight, Microsoft Developer Division left in May 2011 to move to the Windows Azure team, and took many of his staff with him. Furthermore, the famous and influential champion of Silverlight, John Pope, left Microsoft in September of that year. While these changes are difficult to function as an irrefutable proof of Silverlight in 6 deaths, two critical leaders "jumping ship" off the frame of the development seems to indicate that Microsoft is not considered a priority.

Silverlight May 6 never see the light of day, but as HTML5 will likely see the full recommendation until 2016, Silverlight 5 will persist as an option for the immediate future. Finally, as the number of users is not HTML5 compatible browsers dwindles, developers are likely to leave the plug-in depends on the Silverlight and Flash options for easy to use and superior HTML5.