Mike Harsh: I’ll walk you through the code for integrating XAML content into a web page.
I’ve tried these pages on both the Silverlight 1.0 beta and the 1.1 alpha. On both IE and Firefox. On two different WinXP SP2 machines, one of which happened to be recently reformatted. No luck on any combination.
Symptoms:
Firefox 2.0.0.3: “Click here to download plugin.” => “No suitable plugins were found”
IE 7.0.5730.11: “Click to activate and use the control” => nothing, but right click on the same area now shows “About Microsoft Silverlight”.
Am I missing something obvious? Or do the samples require updating?
Yes they require updating. The type should equal “application/ag-plugin” according to the updated SDK ([link]) plus there are a few other changes. I posted the updated page 1 here:
Dare Obasanjo, of Microsoft, is an obvious fan of Silverlight, and has a piece on how Ajax is now an Endangered Species. Now, there is some compelling work in Silverlight, but come on ;) Flash has been around for a long time, yet Ajax became en...
I’ve been attempting to install Silverlight development tools this morning. Attempting, because I first had to decide if I was going to try out Silverlight 1.0 beta’s development environment, or the new alpha 1.1, with .NET. Of course, I don’t have...
Thought you might be interested in this post from Ajaxian: Dare Obasanjo, of Microsoft, is an obvious fan of Silverlight, and has a piece on how Ajax is now an Endangered Species. Now, there is some compelling work in Silverlight, but come on Flash...
I’ve been attempting to install Silverlight development tools this morning. Attempting, because I first had to decide if I was going to try out Silverlight 1.0 beta’s development environment, or the new alpha 1.1, with .NET. Of course, I...
One thing I don’t see you including in your examples is the Silverlight.js file... In fact I don’t see you instantiating Silverlight at all through Javascript (for cross browser compatibility).. I’d check out the Silverlight Quickstarts if I were you. This will get you started. Check them out at [link] .
A word of caution do not mix 1.1 and 1.0 samples, they are different, the quickstarts will show you the differences..
One thing I don’t see you including in your examples is the Silverlight.js file... In fact I don’t see you instantiating Silverlight at all through Javascript (for cross browser compatibility).. I’d check out the Silverlight Quickstarts if I were you. This will get you started.
SVG gets me cross browser compatibility — including both Mozilla and Opera on Linux. I personally run Ubuntu. Safari/webkit support for SVG is in the nightly builts, so it is only a matter of time before it is released.
A runtime conversion of SVG to Silverlight could get me access to the one remaining browser.