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On September 5, 2007, Microsoft initially introduced Silverlight as an application framework for developing and running rich web applications focused on streaming media.

5/9/26, 7:58 pm12 reposts123 likes

Erika 💀 Anarkat

@madcatpersonal.bsky.social

6 Sept

oh yeah. i remember hearing about that. no clue what it was.

valery0p.bsky.social

@valery0p.bsky.social

14 Sept

The Italian broadcaster used it for way too long

Dominic Davis-Foster

@domdfcoding.bsky.social

6 Sept

And HTML5 came along a year later. Talk about backing the wrong horse.

Willow

@cyb3rcricket.bsky.social

5 Sept

I wanted silverlight to succeed so badly back then

Leo Botinelly

@leo.sylin.org

6 Sept

Same. The idea was really nice. The implementation, though...

WebDesignMuseum

@webdesignmuseum.org

6 Sept

Microsoft Silverlight website in 2007 www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/micr...

webdesignmuseum.orgMicrosoft Silverlight in 2007Take a look back at Microsoft Silverlight in 2007. Unlock your digital memories at the Web Design Museum.

Noisecolor

@noisecolor.bsky.social

6 Sept

Hehe, that was cool few months. Very interesting, but horrible.

darth2024.bsky.social

@darth2024.bsky.social

5 Sept

Ugh, that crap never worked on Linux. Absolutely hated it and any website that used it, thankfully most did not.

Sgiansmith

@sgiansmith.bsky.social

5 Sept

If it's any consolation, didn't work half the time on Windows either

rabidrodent

@rabidrodent.bsky.social

6 Sept

Not even Hikaru Aizawa from Microsoft Taiwan could save Silverlight. 😔