title: Does the new Microsoft Lync 2010 Client API work in non-IE browsers?
body: <p>I'm writing a Silverlight app that uses the Lync 2010 Client API to communicate with the Lync 2010 Client. Works fine in Internet Explorer, but in Chrome/Firefox i get this:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Microsoft.Lync.Model.UnsupportedBrowserException:
    Browser doesn't support ActiveX
           at Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient.HandleJavascriptException(String
    error)
           at Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient.EnsureOfficeIntegration()
           at Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient.GetClient()
           at LyncSilverlightApplication2.Page.button1_Click(Object
    sender, RoutedEventArgs a)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>The <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg436881.aspx" rel="nofollow">documentation</a> hints that the API might only work in IE: "<em>Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 currently support Lync Controls.</em>" This statement doesn't <em>really</em> exclude other browsers and the <em>API</em> could be independent from the controls. But still.</p>
  
  <p>So; Does the new Microsoft Lync 2010 Client API work in non-IE browsers?</p>