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I read that a couple days ago and here are the two most interesting posts... Microsoft's own immersive html application is just a thin layer over native code

I read that a couple days ago and here are the two most interesting posts... Microsoft's own immersive html application is just a thin layer over native code http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/26404-Windows-8-(7955)-Findings-in-M3-Leak?p=442463&viewfull=1#post442463 http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/26404-Windows-8-(79... .NET Ahead-Of-Time compiler is probably coming http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/26404-Windows-8-(7955)-Findings-in-M3-Leak?p=442478&viewfull=1#post442478 http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/26404-Windows-8-(79... [EDIT] And for those worried Silverlight developers, scan that thread for DirectUI.

lurker19 15y ago
Is this what the "IE is native" PR claims are about? That HTML DOM and CSS are going to map directly onto the window system instead of a virtual window (or whatever it is called) in the browser engine?
- wmf 15y ago
  Microsoft earlier explained that "native" means "not cross-platform".
  - mdaniel 15y ago
    It reminds me of the old joke: Microsoft knows about cross platform code, as some of their stuff runs on WinXP and Vista
  - mikemaccana 15y ago
    Er, no, they didn't. They mean fully (or significantly more fully) hardware accelerated, and they've said that many times - hence all the benchmarks of 2D canvas in IE9 vs Chrome. Personally I think IE9 is a shitty browser - no 3D context for canvasses, gradients, history, or 3D transforms. But you don't need to represent MS to prove that.