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There was this demo written in Silverlight that would basically show the complete Windows Vista Desktop UX, implemented in Silverlight, with calculator, explore
by happyweasel 6y ago
There was this demo written in Silverlight that would basically show the complete Windows Vista Desktop UX, implemented in Silverlight, with calculator, explorer, media player.. anyone remember that one? It also ran in firefox.. I think it was made in slovenia, or so? Can't find it anymore, not even a video of it.. Update: here is an old link: https://savas.me/2007/02/01/amazing-demonstration-of-what-is-possible-with-wpfe/ https://savas.me/2007/02/01/amazing-demonstration-of-what-is...
- nopewrong 6y agoI remember this. This was actually demo for WPF/E (WPF everywhere - but more like the browser tab became the window host rather than any cross platform tech) which came well before Silverlight was released/planned. Hosted in browser WPF - it was the full WPF essentially. It was basically a binary plugin for IE8 (I think it was 8) and certain Firefox on Windows only (had to have .Net 3.5x SDK for WPF too), that used some nasty signed ClickOnce shit to run xbap apps. It was horrid. Silverlight started from scratch if I remember correctly and didn't even have <TextBox/> or similar until v2 or 3, by the time Silverlight was up to building LOB apps it was already dead in the water - HTML/JS frameworks were more popular, iPad had already said no to Flash/Siverlight, .Net was stalling (IronPython/IronRuby killed around same time)..