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Am I mistaken that what we know as silverlight is built in as a first class API in windows 8 and thus you wont need a plugin anymore to write code for it?
by mikerg87 15y ago
Am I mistaken that what we know as silverlight is built in as a first class API in windows 8 and thus you wont need a plugin anymore to write code for it?
- dmethvin 15y agoDo you mean a plugin as in the browser? No, you will need a plugin to run Silverlight in IE10 on the deskop, and you cannot use Silverlight (or Flash, or any other plugin) when IE10 is in its tablet-style Metro mode. The new WinRT API that Windows 8 is built on is very similar to Silverlight/.NET but is not totally compatible so it requires code changes. Most SL programmers will be able to find their way around pretty easily though. The UI guidelines for Metro have changed quite a bit so there are more considerations than just porting code. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br229571%28v=vs.85%29.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br22957...
- mattmanser 15y agoNo mouse/keyboard events: They along with Touch events are unified under Pointer events. For more information, see Touch and mouse input. I can see that being a PITA. Will have to look through what they've done sooner rather than later I think. Is Win8 going to be the first hybrid system that people are going to have to write code for?