Is there a way to force or prompt a user to use the windows 8 desktop browser if they hit my web page with the windows 8 RT browser? I want to be able to use plugins like Silverlight.
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Is there a way to force or prompt a user to use the windows 8 desktop browser if they hit my web page with the windows 8 RT browser? I want to be able to use plugins like Silverlight.
Yes, you can prompt users to switch to the Desktop version. Microsoft added this as a fallback for sites that need it. (But not with JavaScript)
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2012/01/31/web-sites-and-a-plug-in-free-web.aspx
Microsoft is strongly encouraging us, however, to move to an HTM5 plug-in free world. Whether that happens or not remains to be seen, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they made it harder and harder to use plug-ins in the future. They’re the source of plenty of security holes.
So long-term, it might be better to start eliminating the use of plug-ins in your code. That makes sense considering the plethora of Android, IOS, and other tablets and phones out there. Cross-platform web development has never been more important than it is now, and I’m betting that will continue to be the trend.