Silverlight not Working in Google Chrome Fix

[ChrisSergent]

Just wanted to share the following for anyone that has had issues with Silverlight in Google Chrome:

The latest update of Google Chrome has disabled Silverlight. When navigating to a site that requires Silverlight, you will be notified to install Silverlight. Once you attempt to install Silverlight, you most likely will be told that Silverlight is already installed. To resolve this issue for yourself or any other City staff that may need it, you can follow these steps and Silverlight will work again:

http://support.panopto.com/documentation/admin-and-setup/troubleshooting/enabling-silverlight-plugin...

[ChrisSmith7]

One thing to keep in mind, though, Google will be removing the override by September, 2015!

NPAPI deprecation: developer guide - The Chromium Projects

RIP...

[ChrisSergent]

I guess Mozilla Firefox or another browser for others in the future. Thanks for the additional update.

[ChrisSmith7]

I really enjoyed developing against Silverlight, though I accepted JavaScript/HTML5 long ago now! It seems only yesterday Silverlight was touted as the next best thing. Such is the life of a programmer! Keeps you on your toes...

[ChrisSergent]

Same here. I liked and still like XML, but migrated to JavaScript/HTML5. I still develop in .NET however for server applications.

[BillFox]

ESRI Support pointed me to this updated product life cycle status: Silverlight and Flex to be retired June 1, 2016

ArcGIS Web Mapping Product Life Cycle Support Status

http://downloads.esri.com/support/product%20life%20cycle/online_gis/ArcGISWebMappingAPIs_PLC.pdf

[ChrisSmith7]

It looks like Google made good on their 9/1/2015 deadline...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3058254

This no longer works; there is no longer a flag for  #enable-npapi

[BillFox]

Java applets affected too:

Java and Google Chrome Browser

https://java.com/en/download/faq/chrome.xml 

[ChrisSmith7]

Yeah, this was interesting. Google is shaping the industry - they can do that. I've heard a lot of people asking about Java applets, with many recommending Dart as an alternative, which, is developed by... Google.