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    Silverlight
    « on: February 06, 2009, 06:19:54 AM »
    Hi. I use Firefox on the Net. But when looking at Microsoft's Web site a box asking if I wanted to download Microsoft's Silverlight came up. Is it worth me doing that or do I not need it as I am using Firefox?
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      Re: Silverlight
      « Reply #1 on: February 06, 2009, 07:38:04 AM »
      Well, first of all I think you know but just in case - silverlight is not another web browser.

      If you did a little browsing with my favorite search engine, then you would find some answers to your questions. :-X
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        Re: Silverlight
        « Reply #2 on: February 06, 2009, 12:20:39 PM »
        I  did a search but did not find anything that told me for sure if I need it. I think it is just for IE, but am not sure about that, which is why I asked.
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          Re: Silverlight
          « Reply #3 on: February 06, 2009, 03:44:33 PM »
          Well if you have Flash installed then there is no need for silverlight, so it's your choice really. Basically a choice between silverlight and flash.
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          Re: Silverlight
          « Reply #4 on: February 06, 2009, 03:54:07 PM »
          It's just another addon to liven up the web.

          http://silverlight.net/

          Quote from: Mr. Google on February 06, 2009, 03:44:33 PM
          Well if you have Flash installed then there is no need for silverlight, so it's your choice really. Basically a choice between silverlight and flash.

          Not true. They are completely different technologies.
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            Re: Silverlight
            « Reply #5 on: February 06, 2009, 04:07:24 PM »
            Whoops didn't read up enough about that. Sorry, thought it was another plug in like taht. I guess I read the wrong thing.
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              Re: Silverlight
              « Reply #6 on: February 06, 2009, 05:34:18 PM »
              Hey are you impersonating me? :o :o
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                Re: Silverlight
                « Reply #7 on: February 06, 2009, 05:35:04 PM »
                Just kidding that was me.
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                  Re: Silverlight
                  « Reply #8 on: February 08, 2009, 01:39:06 AM »
                  LOL  in needed a laugh. time for bed. :)
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                    Re: Silverlight
                    « Reply #9 on: February 08, 2009, 04:30:02 AM »
                    Thanks. Have installed Silverlight and will see what difference it makes.
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                    Re: Silverlight
                    « Reply #10 on: February 09, 2009, 06:00:21 AM »
                    Quote from: Mr. Google on February 06, 2009, 04:07:24 PM
                    Whoops didn't read up enough about that. Sorry, thought it was another plug in like taht. I guess I read the wrong thing.

                    Hey Mr. G

                    Have you heard of this neat thing called GOOGLE ???

                    Sorry I couldn't resist.
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                      Re: Silverlight
                      « Reply #11 on: February 09, 2009, 07:32:15 AM »
                      No actually I haven't. What is it?
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                      Re: Silverlight
                      « Reply #12 on: February 09, 2009, 07:45:01 AM »
                      Quote from: Mr. Google on February 09, 2009, 07:32:15 AM
                      No actually I haven't. What is it?

                      Well I would try to explain it but when I went to google and typed google as the search criteria the first link in the list was a link back to the search engine. So after spending some time trying to get out of the google loop I was stuck in I just decided to say to heck with it as I am sure that if any one can figure out what google is you can.  ;)
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