[OPLINTECH] Silverlight or not

[Chad Neeper]

+1 on everything Ken said.

I've typically installed it on the patron computers as a matter of course.
But as more websites are written in HTML5, we'll start seeing less of a
need for some of these other tools like Silverlight.

Chad

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Ken Butler <hcotech at holmeslib.org> wrote:

> For what it's worth, I've had Microsoft Silverlight installed on our
> public PCs for a while now, and I can't remember the last time one of them
> froze up or needed to be rebooted (other than a patron getting a really
> nasty virus during their session). I have it installed on my home PC as
> well. I believe certain streaming media sites like Netflix and Amazon
> Instant Video require or used to require Silverlight, although from what I
> have seen around the web it is being phased out by HTML5.
>
> I don't think you will hurt anything by installing it, but it may become
> obsolete soon.
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Kevin Jones <kjones at coshoctonlibrary.org>wrote:
>
>> I recently had an individual request Silverlight be installed to view a
>> particular website.  I did a little research and was reading several
>> articles about people having issues with Silverlight causing the computer
>> to freeze.  I have installed and maintain software that the majority of
>> people need to use.  It has always been my policy to not install any
>> software that is requested by individuals.  I think the core programs that
>> I have installed make for a stable computer which also makes updates more
>> manageable.  What I don't want to do is install something for one person
>> that makes the computer unstable for the other 99.8% of the patrons.
>>
>> So what do you think, should I cave in and start installing software that
>> is requested by individuals or not?
>>
>>
>>
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