IE 10 'Metro' to ditch Plugins

**Damien** · 16-09-2011, 08:54

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/new...sh-plugins.ars

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Windows 8 will have two versions of Internet Explorer 10: a conventional browser that lives on the legacy desktop, and a new Metro-style, touch-friendly browser that lives in the Metro world. The second of these, the Metro browser, will not support any plugins. Whether Flash, Silverlight, or some custom business app, sites that need plugins will only be accessible in the non-touch, desktop-based browser.

Windows 8 will still support Flash but the interface that Microsoft wants to live on tablets and other touch screen devices will require a rather nasty switch to the desktop version of the browser should you wish to use Flash.

Another hammerblow to the future of Flash

lordofangels · 16-09-2011, 10:35

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Originally Posted by Damien

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/new...sh-plugins.ars

Windows 8 will still support Flash but the interface that Microsoft wants to live on tablets and other touch screen devices will require a rather nasty switch to the desktop version of the browser should you wish to use Flash.

Another hammerblow to the future of Flash

Oh, how I would love this to be the start of the end for flash,
silverlight/html5 is the way forward.
easier programming wise too.

**Stuart** · 16-09-2011, 11:23

Silverlight is still a plugin.. IE10 Metro will apparently not support any plugins.

It's also worth noting that Microsoft seem to be actively encouraging their developers to use HTML5 rather than Silverlight, so I suspect that after V5, Silverlight may not have much of a future.

mark1234 · 16-09-2011, 11:30

Does anyone actually like Flash? If I didn't need it for iPlayer I wouldn't install it on my PCs and put up with it's constant, in-your-face demands for updates.

Is there anyway to make it automate the constant security updates, like I can with Windows Updates?

qasdfdsaq · 16-09-2011, 17:00

Yeah I've had my first go at both the IE10 implementations today, and to be honest I see no point to the metro one, or the "standard" one for that matter. While I used them for longer than my customary "getfirefox.com", exit, it still makes no difference to me if IE supports flash or not. Won't stop me using it if/when I want to. There are plenty of legacy flash apps that won't ever be ported to HTML5.

**Matt D** · 16-09-2011, 18:42

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Originally Posted by mark1234

Does anyone actually like Flash? If I didn't need it for iPlayer I wouldn't install it on my PCs and put up with it's constant, in-your-face demands for updates.

Is there anyway to make it automate the constant security updates, like I can with Windows Updates?

I've hated it since long before Steve Jobs' fatwa against it.