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		josteink on Sept 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft has Abandoned Silverlight and All Other ... I thought Windows Phone 7 didn't support Silverligth in the browser and that is was only intended for application (you know, App) development. Please do correct me if this has changed and I am wrong.

HardyLeung on Sept 15, 2011 [–]

You are correct. Web-based Silverlight application does not run on WP7. You can (rather easily in some cases) develop a WP7 app with the same codebase as a Silverlight app though.

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