Yep, you heard it, parts of youtube are using silverlight instead of flash. This unfortunately is limited to CBSs channel.
You can view their silverlight videos at YouTube - CBSNCAATourney's Channel.
I personally would be ok with youtube switching to silverlight, there could be more chance of a 64-bit silverlight than 64-bit flash.
Well, I think from what I can tell, they are only using it for the NCAA March Madness Live feed/popular clips and that's it.
Im thinking they used it for some reason Silverlight works better for the Live feed and the full game videos, not sure though.
I dont like silverlight. Silverlight is microsoft sh*t! Flash is beter!
S***w silverlight.
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No way in h**l will Google make its site not work with its browser. (That incompatible browser message was chrome.)
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