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I hope it will be possible to build applications that can take advantage of both interfaces in one executable. Then detect the current context and display accor

by epenn 15y ago

I hope it will be possible to build applications that can take advantage of both interfaces in one executable. Then detect the current context and display accordingly. I like the idea of Metro, but I will like it less if I have to create two separate projects to accomplish what (in my mind at least) should be one.

TomOfTTB 15y ago
It's really just an issue of themeing (There's already an unofficial Metro theme for Windows 7: http://www.nirmaltv.com/2011/06/10/windows-metro-ui-theme-for-windows-7/ http://www.nirmaltv.com/2011/06/10/windows-metro-ui-theme-fo...). You can create Metro like applications using XAML today and they look fine in a regular Windows enviornment (In many ways MS Money was doing it in 2001: http://cache.lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2008/06/ms-money.png http://cache.lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2008/06/ms-mone...)