On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM, David Kean wrote:
> Beside, I'm not sure why the entire .NET world should be considered
> legacy/off-topic once Win8 releases. We are just about to release Windows
> Phone 7.5, Silverlight 5 and just announced .NET Framework 4.5.
>
The writing is on the wall. Win3
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 6:35 AM, David Connors wrote:
>
> I, for one, welcome our new WinRT overlords and look forward to an
> expedited demise of the rest of the API/UI kit confusion on the Windows
> platform. Something had to give in light of the relative sanity of Cocoa/OSX
> + CocoaTouch/OSX
If you think that WinRT got rid of UI threads and message pumps, you’d be
wrong. :)
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> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* WinRT vs World+Dog
>
> ** **
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:40 PM, David Kean
> wrote:
>
> Beside, I'm not sure why the entire .NET world should be considered
> legacy/off-topic once Win
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, David Kean wrote:
> If you think that WinRT got rid of UI threads and message pumps, you’d be
> wrong. :)
>
> **
>
That is really disappointing.
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On 28 September 2011 14:24, David Connors wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, David Kean wrote:
>
>> If you think that WinRT got rid of UI threads and message pumps, you’d
>> be wrong. :)
>>
>> **
>>
>
> That is really disappointing.
>
Why? The technologies are tried and tested and h
Wpf was unable to ditch the ui thread and message pump stuff because it caused
problems with the clip board (and possibly other things). Probably the same
thing with WinRT.
On 28/09/2011, at 11:24 AM, David Connors wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, David Kean wrote:
> If you think th
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Joseph Cooney wrote:
> Wpf was unable to ditch the ui thread and message pump stuff because it
> caused problems with the clip board (and possibly other things). Probably
> the same thing with WinRT.
>
>
No, WinRT is better, Steve promised us this new world is goi
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Preet Sangha wrote:
>
> On 28 September 2011 14:24, David Connors wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:08 AM, David Kean wrote:
>>
>>> If you think that WinRT got rid of UI threads and message pumps, you’d
>>> be wrong. :)
>>>
>>> **
>>>
>>
>> That is real
