title: Silverlight on Mac beyond 2016: Is Out Of Browser (OOB) an option?
body: <p>The <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/default.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Get Silverlight</a> page now shows Dec 31 2016 as the end of support for Silverlight in Safari. That seems to be unannounced news and it is unclear if it was set by Apple or Microsoft. The date matches the <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Firefox end of support for NPAPI</a>.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Q1:</strong> Could a Silverlight app continue to be viable (and installable) as an OOB app on the Mac beyond that? Or does the inevitable loss of broswer NPAPI support mean the complete end-of-the-line for Silverlight on Macs? The post <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/4697444/196855">here</a> seems to offer some hope, but it is quite old.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Q2:</strong> Can anyone point to a source/announcement of that Safari end of support date?</p>