When the update to Silverlight 4 for Windows was released by Microsoft, Netflix began experiencing a significant drop in its Windows Media Player popularity. But Netflix continued to support the Silverlight system and played well with its parent company Microsoft, even offering various features and platforms to their users. Unfortunately, the situation did not go very well for the company. Windows Media Player in Windows 7 has been a problem, because Microsoft has been pushing its operating system as a superior option for media applications. The Windows Media Player has struggled to stay afloat against new, alternative web-based streaming systems such as Flash and the like. With Windows Media Player unable to keep up with these emerging services, the Silverlight team began to have a difficult time.
Microsoft made the decision to release a Vista compatible version of Silverlight, called Silverlight Viewer, to help make Microsoft’s product more compatible with Vista. However, despite an interesting new spin on the browser, the venture was not successful, and Silverlight Viewer was eventually discontinued. When Netflix released the software that allowed Windows Media Player users to play media in Firefox and Internet Explorer, Netflix quickly pulled the plug on the project. Microsoft is reported to be working on a new project to restore a working Silverlight support for Windows 7, though no specific details were announced.
It is unknown when a Silverlight implementation for the Windows Vista will be released, but it will probably happen fairly soon – or possibly never. Regardless, the Silverlight version of the Windows Media Player was essentially unplayable by most of the internet at large, simply because Microsoft had been releasing Vista support to compete against Mozilla’s Firefox, and it was not the Vista user who wanted a better alternative to Windows Media Player.
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