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No Google Chrome-in-IE either then. I should probably be paying attention to this, but is Metro HTML5/js only? Does that mean Chrome and Firefox are basically
by buff-a 15y ago
No Google Chrome-in-IE either then.
I should probably be paying attention to this, but is Metro HTML5/js only? Does that mean Chrome and Firefox are basically dead on Windows 8 (unless you leave Metro)? And what about anti-trust lawsuits against IE??
- simonw 15y agoNo, Metro stuff can be written in C++/C#/etc - it's just a different set of APIs to target. As I understand it, Chrome/Firefox would have to be ported to run on the new Windows Runtime. I have no idea how difficult that would be.
- jbk 15y agoI have had a quick look at it, in order to port different applications. It is doable for complex application, but is a lot of work, especially for rendering and GPU acceleration.
- lubos 15y agoIf your application relies on MFC, Webforms etc, then yes... it would be a lot of work to port it over to Metro UI but this is not the case for web-browsers where 99% code is already cross-platform and completely independent of GUI. So for web-browser, this is not a matter of "porting". It's a matter of adding new "chrome" for WinRT.
- jbk 15y agoNo, even the file and devices access are different. Direct3D, DxVA, Waveout are different too. Even without MFC or Webform, there is quite some work to do.