With Silverlight disappearing from Chrome 45, what are my alternatives?

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Simon ML picture Simon ML · Apr 16, 2015 · Viewed 16.6k times · Source

Since Chrome 45 will drop NPAPI support in september and with it Silverlight, what would be my alternatives beside using another browser ? I would really need to still support Chrome with my application and can't force the user to not update their main browser.

Could I use a chrome extension ?

Could I make them install an out of date Chrome alongside an updated one ?

What else ?

Answer

Simon ML picture Simon ML · Sep 2, 2015

Well it seems there is a solution ! I have tried IETab with Chrome Canary (v45) and the dev channel (v46) and even with Silverlight support dropped from those version, the extension allows my application to work flawlessly !

I have reached the support of IETab and they have confirmed Silverlight will continue to work with their plugin when Chrome officialy release version 45.

Try it out : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ie-tab/hehijbfgiekmjfkfjpbkbammjbdenadd?hl=en

EDIT : As of today, September 3 2015, Chrome 45 is out and IETab still works.

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