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judah on June 25, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: IE11 to support WebGL

Additionally, Microsoft was on record saying they believed plugins like Silverlight provided sufficient 3d capabilities, and that WebGL was huge surface area for security vulnerabilities.

They've apparently reversed that stance.

mey on June 25, 2013 [–]

Since Windows 8, MS has reversed it's stance on Silverlight and browser plugins in general.

I don't disagree with Microsoft's point in this article. http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/06/16/webgl-cons...

I assume that they've decided to work towards solving the security issues instead of simply staying away from the issue.

Long term I hope this means more stable and reliable video drivers :)

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