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Netflix switches from Silverlight to HTML5 in Windows 8.1, reduces CPU usage dramatically
2013-06-28 13:55:45| Extremetech
With the release of Windows 8.1 Preview, Netflix now supports streaming over HTML5 instead of Microsoft's proprietary Silverlight plug-in. The caveat is that only Internet Explorer 11, which is bundled with Windows 8.1, supports the necessary HTML5 extensions; if you're a Firefox or Chrome user, you'll continue to use the Silverlight plug-in. In our initial testing, the switch to HTML5 sees a massive reduction in CPU usage -- about one third of Silverlight's CPU usage.
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