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Will be interesting to see what CSS3 properties they've incorporated.
 
I need to go on a WiFi wardrive....

Someone sponsor me 3.7 + 2.8 gig please :)

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By the time I have this downloaded the beta will be out.

Anyone installed it using a USB?
 
Just some things that still bugs me.

Why no Silverlight support for Metro? and why no X or Close application for Metro based applications, will the OS Auto kill them, if so when and under what conditions or will they just fill up memory space.
 
Elimentals said:
Just some things that still bugs me.

Why no Silverlight support for Metro? and why no X or Close application for Metro based applications, will the OS Auto kill them, if so when and under what conditions or will they just fill up memory space.
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People are misunderstanding the situation with SL alot, partly because MS didn't explain it properly.
Basically, both SL and WPF will continue in what they simply call 'XAML'. XAML is the markup language used for SL and WPF layout, but what they've done now is made XAML the layout language, with any language running it. So you can use C++ with a pretty UI now if you wanted to.

This is pretty awesome if you ask me :)
 
roguemat said:
People are misunderstanding the situation with SL alot, partly because MS didn't explain it properly.
Basically, both SL and WPF will continue in what they simply call 'XAML'. XAML is the markup language used for SL and WPF layout, but what they've done now is made XAML the layout language, with any language running it. So you can use C++ with a pretty UI now if you wanted to.

This is pretty awesome if you ask me :)
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Sorry Should have been more clear, let me put it this way. If you write a Silverlight Application, it uses Win32 API and run on the Windows 7 UI. IF you use the new Windows Run Time that use XAML or a heavily customized HTML5 it runs as metro. So in essence you can not simply create a App for Windows Phone and just copy it over to Windows 8 and run it as Metro.

Sorry I focus on Mobile programming, be it Android/Windows Phone and iOS. Guess my peeve is more that I though this was going to be a easy way out to port the Windows Phone applications to a Windows 8 based desktop.

Edit: I see this as the same move with pure Java applications and Java based Android language. The syntax and normal object use is the same but there is no way you can just simply just copy a project, compile and run it?
 
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roguemat said:
Oh ok. Although I haven't done it apparently it is pretty simple.
Check out this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465136(v=VS.85).aspx
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They make it sound simple, its not just a find and replace action... I was using this last night. Yes large cunks of your code base can be reused but a lot of it has to be rewritten, unlike the Adobe Air where you simply just run it.

And no I am not looking for the easy way out, Microsoft sold me this idea of write once, run anywhere in regards to Silverlight.... they should deliver dammit :)
 
Elimentals said:
They make it sound simple, its not just a find and replace action... I was using this last night. Yes large cunks of your code base can be reused but a lot of it has to be rewritten, unlike the Adobe Air where you simply just run it.

And no I am not looking for the easy way out, Microsoft sold me this idea of write once, run anywhere in regards to Silverlight.... they should deliver dammit :)
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Im off now to go buy a dual-layer DVD to burn W8 to.
Will report on my experience converting an existing SL app.

EDIT: ok, an hour in and I can confirm that this is definitely NOT just changing namespaces. A bunch of stuff I was using is missing, with no alternative :-/ Will update again later.
 
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