OpenSilver Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Revisiting WASM for F#

  I would also say that IF blazor worked on a browser plugin like silverlight did, today that's not the case it is built on the webassembly standard which and it is being adopted in the browsers which means once it gets on the web, it is unlikely to ever go out again. Even if Microsoft themselves leave Blazor today, it can still work, the burden of creating a fork and keeping blazor alive will certainly be big but... - Source: dev.to / 10 months ago

• Seeking Advice on Product Positioning for new .NET-based SDK/Framework

  Under the Hood: Technically, XR# integrates Three.js, A-Frame.js, and the Microsoft .NET to WASM compiler (like in Blazor). It’s built on our decade-long experience with OpenSilver, a contemporary Silverlight alternative. Source: about 1 year ago

• WASI: A New Kind of System Interface

  Nah, I appreciate the wonderfull work of those WebAssembly people that allowed me to have Java applets, Flash and Silverligh running again in the browser. https://leaningtech.com/cheerpj/ https://leaningtech.com/cheerpx-for-flash/ https://opensilver.net/ Thanks for making the revenge of plugins a reality. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• 20 Years of .NET

  Now there is a company making Silverlight work on top of WebAssembly. https://opensilver.net/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Prime Video Uses WebAssembly

  It will definitly be the new common, by killing Flash et all without comparable tooling, while at the same time offering WASM, it was only a matter of time until we had the revenge of plugins. Basically 10 years wasting time to come full circle. https://leaningtech.com/cheerpj https://leaningtech.com/cheerpx-for-flash/ https://opensilver.net/ All of the three major ones are now back, but it is ok, WASM is great! - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Why Microsoft doesn't port Silverlight to webassembly?

  Check out the OpenSilver project. https://opensilver.net/. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Internet Explorer on Linux?

  I find it for you https://opensilver.net/. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Possible to migrate a voip desktop app (WPF) to Blazor ?

  You can also try this project - https://opensilver.net/ . Under the hood, it uses Blazor to run your XAML app in the browser. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Why Microsoft itself doesn't use Blazor?

  Web Assembly to the rescue https://opensilver.net/. Source: about 3 years ago

• A Decade Later, .NET Developers Still Fear Being 'Silverlighted' by Microsoft

  What about the OpenSilver (Silverlight over WASM) project? Source: about 3 years ago

• Classic Pong on browser without any JavaScript

  Fun fact: there's a reimplementation of Silverlight using Blazor. Source: over 3 years ago