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> this is also a reason why WinUI efforts went down the drain. That may be, but there is PLENTY of people with the expertise to develop WinUI apps -- IMO, the
by deafpolygon 11mo ago
> this is also a reason why WinUI efforts went down the drain.
That may be, but there is PLENTY of people with the expertise to develop WinUI apps -- IMO, the glaring problem would be that Microsoft can't get their head straight on which UI to support in the first place!
- pjmlp 11mo agoWin32, Windows Forms, WPF, even MFC, I do agree. WinUI, only Microsoft employees on the Windows team, and fools that aren't aware of all the WinRT tooling reboots since Windows 8 was introduced, buying into WinUI marketing of how great it is. As one of the fools that thought WinRT was a great idea, what .NET 1.0 should have been, I doubt there are many of those left. WPF wasn't brought back into active status at BUILD 2024 by accident.
- acqq 11mo agoCan you write or point to some more insights about the problems / critique of these most recent approaches?
- pjmlp 11mo agoThis comment should provide a good overview of the current chaos, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843252 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843252 Then check the feedback on the latest community call, https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/discussions/10851 https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/discussions/1...