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I was so disappointed with both events. Overpriced Microsoft devices, although impressive. I am more worried about the silence from MS on MFC given the world's
by 72deluxe 10y ago
I was so disappointed with both events.
Overpriced Microsoft devices, although impressive. I am more worried about the silence from MS on MFC given the world's investment in it. We can't all just rewrite our apps in UWP overnight. The foundation classes were just that - a foundation, and we can't move the giant building built on top.
For the Mac, goodbye MagSafe and SD cards and optical audio in (or any audio line in, actually). What's the point of a super thin device if you have to carry it in a thick bag due to the bulkiness of the 24 adapters to make the device useful or connect it to anything? It beggars belief.
"We've made the thinnest car ever! Steering wheel is an optional extra".
I think we are reaching the pinnacle of computer hardware and software development. We may have even passed it.
In short, I'll stick with my current MacBook Pro for as long as I can. That new giant touchpad looks to make typing tricky.
- pjmlp 10y agoThey have been pretty vocal about MFC at a few BUILD events during Q&A. It is in maintenance mode, only bug fixes are planned or little improvements like they did on VS 2015. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt270148.aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt270148.aspx For C++ on WIndows the future is XAML, for legacy MFC applications there is Project Centennial.
- 72deluxe 10y agoDo you have a link to a video with a time index so I can watch that? It'll be helpful. Even better would be something in writing. Thanks in advance.
- pjmlp 10y agoI will need to search for it. What I have bookmarked is for Windows Forms ones, where they state exactly that. https://www.infoq.com/news/2014/04/WPF-QA https://www.infoq.com/news/2014/04/WPF-QA Maybe this is already worthy read for you, it also mentions C++.
- 72deluxe 10y agoI see the mention of Windows Forms being explicitly deprecated in that link but no mention of MFC itself. Thanks anyway.
- pjmlp 10y agoHere you have the statement that there are no plans to support MFC on UWP. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2013/08/20/atl-and-mfc-changes-and-fixes-in-visual-studio-2013/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2013/08/20/atl-and-m... "MFC can't be used for for Windows Store apps because it uses too many APIs that are banned for store usage. In order to allow MFC usage in your scenario we would probably have to break MFC into multiple DLLs, which would be a prohibitive amount of work."
- 72deluxe 10y agoThanks for the link, really appreciate it. Pat Brenner has since left Microsoft so we can only wonder who is in charge of the MFC stuff nowadays.