title: Silverlight and Java end of life in various browsers
body: <p>Google have taken the first step to remove Silverlight and Java applet support in Chrome: 
  <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/2014/11/the-final-countdown-for-npapi.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.chromium.org/2014/11/the-final-countdown-for-npapi.html</a></p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know if Internet Explorer and Firefox are on the same path? For how long will Silverlight and Java applets continue to work in those browsers (on PC)? </p>