OT - Microsoft Silverlight and Firefox 3

by Inkara1 on Jun 20, 2008 10:57 PM CDT

So I got home right at the end of the 14th inning, and the winning run scored as I was finding out that microsoft silverlight won't work with firefox 3.0. I re-downloaded it, no dice. Again, no dice. Found out there's a silverlight 2.0 beta, downloaded, and mlb.tv (I tried a different game ot see if it will work) still prompts me to pick media player or download silverlight.

Any tips? anyone else get silverlight to work with FF 3.0? Do you use media player? Does media player with FF 3 get rid of the annoying habit of constantly turning the whole streaming video black every time some other window pops up (or you click another window) requiring you to move the mlb.tv window slightly to get your image back (the whole reason I downloaded silverlight in the first place)? am I going to be forced to click on the blue E to watch my games?

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Doesn't answer your question

But on a mac, I’ve found that playing the game in quicktime works best. If you pause it, it will continue loading the game (so I can use it like a tivo – grab dinner, come back and start playing; or jump back and watch a play again).

by Mahon on Jun 20, 2008 11:08 PM CDT reply actions

that's why I do

I also have a mac. It is much harder to actually grab and edit videos when it plays in the Silverlight (though I did find a software for that). But by playing video in quicktime, I can save whatever I’m watching onto my desktop even live games, as you said.

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by NovaO on Jun 21, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Silver Light

Silver Light is a brand new technology trying to replace Flash (you probably already know this), so it seems to me that MS is going to have to spend a lot of time getting it on the same level as Flash (just think how long it took to roll out Vista). If you want reliability, just ditch the bleeding edge stuff, and stick with what works. Of course, this could apply to FF3.

MS is going to try and get as many people to use their products as possible, so I would not be surprised if Silver Light works best with IE8.

by Excel Hearts Choi on Jun 21, 2008 9:57 AM CDT reply actions