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OK, since we're using profanity, here are my thoughts: How the fuck did this POS get upvoted? I wasted 2 minutes (including the inserted advertisement) watchin

OK, since we're using profanity, here are my thoughts: How the fuck did this POS get upvoted? I wasted 2 minutes (including the inserted advertisement) watching this video and the guy hadn't said anything. That was way too long for me to waste on a video of questionable value. Secondly, the link-bait HN title is not the title of the video. Submitting, then up-voting this kind of bullshit turns HN to shit. </profanity> Profanity is so overused. It can be artful at times, but it seldom communicates any information, or real emotion, and is a waste of the reader's bandwidth.

mturmon 15y ago
If you keep listening, you'll learn a (former) insider's view on who's off the project, that the team is dispersed, etc. Probably an idiosyncratic take, but combined with the inattention of MS to Silverlight, seems to make sense. Yes, I had second thoughts about the quote I used. But the article is well-informed (in addition to being profane, appealing to emotion, and to the writer's, let's say, having been around the block once or twice with...web frameworks).
bradgessler 15y ago
That's a quote from the video.
pcj 15y ago
I have to agree. I can understand if this thread was on reddit, but its disappointing to see this in HN. That aside, isn't this a good thing that Windows 8 now doesn't care (at least, for the new Metro apps) what runtime you're targeting - Silverlight, .Net (full CLR) or Native? - all apps irrespective of whether it was developed in C++, C# or VB with XAML or JS with Html - they're targeted to run in the Windows runtime. For Silverlight developers, they can continue to use XAML for developing their UI's, but yes, they would have learn about the new/different UI controls for the metro style, but that's not the same as learning a completely different language. Windows Runtime documentation - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464947(v=VS.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh46494... Edit - Added WinRT link

mturmon 15y ago

If you keep listening, you'll learn a (former) insider's view on who's off the project, that the team is dispersed, etc. Probably an idiosyncratic take, but combined with the inattention of MS to Silverlight, seems to make sense. Yes, I had second thoughts about the quote I used. But the article is well-informed (in addition to being profane, appealing to emotion, and to the writer's, let's say, having been around the block once or twice with...web frameworks).

bradgessler 15y ago

That's a quote from the video.

pcj 15y ago

I have to agree. I can understand if this thread was on reddit, but its disappointing to see this in HN. That aside, isn't this a good thing that Windows 8 now doesn't care (at least, for the new Metro apps) what runtime you're targeting - Silverlight, .Net (full CLR) or Native? - all apps irrespective of whether it was developed in C++, C# or VB with XAML or JS with Html - they're targeted to run in the Windows runtime. For Silverlight developers, they can continue to use XAML for developing their UI's, but yes, they would have learn about the new/different UI controls for the metro style, but that's not the same as learning a completely different language. Windows Runtime documentation - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464947(v=VS.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh46494... Edit - Added WinRT link