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"Each button in the UI has to be tediously positioned and configured ... Windows UI programming is as tedious today as it was in 1995." Clearly he's still doin
by StrawberryFrog 17y ago
"Each button in the UI has to be tediously positioned and configured ... Windows UI programming is as tedious today as it was in 1995."
Clearly he's still doing Windows forms.
"When is Microsoft going to learn the real lesson about simplicity of HTML?"
About three years ago.
WPF ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Presentation_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Presentation_Foundation ) has been around since .Net 3.0 ( 21 November 2006 ). The XAML markup, where you don't have to "tediously position and configure" each element is heavily influenced by HTML, CSS and SVG.
- gduffy 17y agoThat .NET 3.0 has been around since 2006 is a red herring. What really matters is the percentage of Windows machines that have it installed. I know a few companies that write desktop .NET software, and they can't use WPF unless they add ~50MB to their download (or in the installer). That would be bad for their growth rate.
- kinghajj 17y agoThat will largely become a non-issue as more people migrate from XP onto Vista or 7; all installations of Vista come with .NET 3.0, and 7 will probably come with 3.5 or maybe even 4.0 if it's out in time. Perhaps they could make two downloads, one for XP users and another for Vista/7 users?
- StrawberryFrog 17y agoWhat really matters is the percentage of Windows machines that have it installed I know, I've been bitten by that prerequisite. But the question asked was "When is Microsoft going to learn UI lessons from HTML", which has a simple answer.
- euroclydon 17y agoMan, I created a Python GUI with WXWindows, and it was anything but rapid development. I used a RAD to learn the ropes, but once I did, it was faster to hand code the windows.