re: Feedback Req: Do you need to know the list of released runtime build numbers?

ross jempson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:24:14 GMT

I've coded my own version of this, however a shared 'library' would have been useful at the time.

I use my version to log to our analytics service the % users with / without the plugin and which version. This is very useful for analysis of adoption / penetration into the site. And the impact SL is having on penetration.

Funnily enough, today I am coding up our 'Get Silverlight' screen for those who don't have it installed. My feedback is that it is a little cumbersome handling the different states, e.g after install, IE needs the user to refresh, Firefox needs a restart, IE needs a restart if an older version was installed, we need a special UI for those users that don't have a compatible browser / OS........

I think testing it is going to be the real pain point. In an ideal world I am going to need a test environment with Mac, Linux, Windows, multiplied by various browsers, multiplied by the combination of previous Silverlight versions (1, beta 2, 2, beta 3, 3).

For example, where can I even get the old Silverlight plugin installers so that I can setup such a test environment?

I have played with Expression Web 3 superpreview, which is useful to see the initial 'You don't have Silverlight' UI in various browsers, but I can't actually install the plugin and walk through the rest of the process. And ideally I would need to install old versions of the plugin, then test the site.