I dislike the dilemma between audience and progress imposed by reluctant sites to adopt latest technology. I don’t use Silverlight, no more than Adobe’s Flash, I am of those who believe that html5 (browser capability to manage audio and video) is already a reality and fulfills tomorrow’s browser aims. That does not mean that they cannot protect their users by default, for instance by setting plugin contents to "click to play" instead of running them right away.
I think that browser developers should leave it up to the user to install and use plugins, provided that they don't cause instabilities or have known security vulnerabilities. Pale Moon for instance won't follow Mozilla, Google and Microsoft according to a post on the official forum. First, they can block updates of the browser to retain plugin functionality, or keep an older copy around for that purpose, or they may use a browser that won't discontinue support. Neither Google with its Chrome browser nor Microsoft's new browser Edge support Silverlight anymore. It is interesting to note that Firefox is one of the few mainstream browsers left that supports Silverlight. This ends support for Silverlight and other browser plugins that depend on NPAPI in all versions of the Firefox web browser.
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