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Interesting that Live Writer uses Windows Forms, though WPF was available, at least within Microsoft, when the project started. I wonder why.
by mwcampbell 11y ago
Interesting that Live Writer uses Windows Forms, though WPF was available, at least within Microsoft, when the project started. I wonder why.
- ccurrens 11y agoThe readme on their github[1] says that Live Writer was originally part of an acquisition. I would guess that winforms may have already been in use when they acquired Onfolio. There may be other reasons as well, but I don't know what they are :) [1] https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter https://github.com/OpenLiveWriter/OpenLiveWriter
- jarnonijboer 11y agoQuote from Scott Hansleman's blog post[1] "Much of the code in Open Live Writer is nearly 10 years old. The coding conventions, styles, and idioms are circa .NET 1.0 and .NET 1.1." [1] http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnnouncingOpenLiveWriterAnOpenSourceForkOfWindowsLiveWriter.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnnouncingOpenLiveWriterAnOpen...