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A similar story to WPF.
by the-golden-one 2mo ago
A similar story to WPF.
- tonyedgecombe 2mo agoWPF was abandoned at birth, it went years without any attention and then was superseded. Apple has at least been consistent on UI frameworks.
- dgellow 2mo agoSort of superseded. In practice WPF is still very often the best option in the complete mess that is window GUIs
- masfuerte 2mo agoYeah, I like WPF and I still use it for my own apps. In fact, my own software is the only thing keeping me on Windows now. I really should take a look at Avalonia and port my stuff over to Linux.
- Razengan 2mo agoWPF was stamped out by lack of dogfooding = inability to inspire confidence, and then Microsoft spazzing out with that clusterfuck that was the Windows 8 "Metro" bullshit. Back when I wanted WPF to succeed, Microsoft was barely using it in any of their own apps. Apple has used SwiftUI in their OS more than MS/Windows did, and there's quite a few apps on the App Store that -seem- to be made with SwiftUI.
- VCFundedGenYer 2mo agoI think you might have meant UWP. WPF is still around and have been spruced up as of late. UWP was the DOA Windows 8/8.1/10 app format that was super restrictive, strange to develop for, and non-portable. It's basically MS's equivalent of SwiftUI.