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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5761917" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I've had a few briefings on the topic of windows8 and silverlight. Here's the basic scoop:</p><p></p><p>Silverlight itself is being downplayed. It still gets used for WinMo7 development. So its not realy dead until winmo changes radically.</p><p></p><p>Win8 has 2 visual modes (Metro and Desktop) with entirely different development stacks for each.</p><p></p><p>Technically, win8 is written on Win7, it's mostly the same OS. Anything you write in the current method runs in desktop mode. Even IE10 in desktop mode is like our traditional IE, including support for plugins like flash and silverlight.</p><p></p><p>Metro mode is a different beast. IE10 in metro mode is a different executable. It does not allow plugins. Thus no silverlight. Remember win8 targets a tablet mindset, so normal users are going to use metro mode for most activities. This means rhe average win8 user wont be able to run silverlight or flash, unless they are smart enough to flip to desktop mode and run IE10 and open the page.</p><p></p><p>Teleric wrote some pretty goodblog articles detailing the technical stack. So if you're saavy for that, go there and learn more.</p><p></p><p>A good observation they made is that Metro mode is for data-sipping, desktop mode is for doing real work. The kind of apps Metro mode encourages are lighter, more responsive. Artistically nice looking, at the sacrifice of screen real estate you'd need for a business app.</p><p></p><p>Since some mention of html and win8 came up, i could go deeper into what that means. It has to do with how Metro mode uses the WinRT stack for .net and html apps to access the system. An html app can actually have access to hardware resources. Note, this is not html as a web page, but an installed app writen in html/js using WinRT js libraries. This is sort of akin to how WebOS apps were written in js. A web language, used for writing native applications is the new concept athand.</p><p></p><p>Hope this was useful.</p><p>Janx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5761917, member: 8835"] I've had a few briefings on the topic of windows8 and silverlight. Here's the basic scoop: Silverlight itself is being downplayed. It still gets used for WinMo7 development. So its not realy dead until winmo changes radically. Win8 has 2 visual modes (Metro and Desktop) with entirely different development stacks for each. Technically, win8 is written on Win7, it's mostly the same OS. Anything you write in the current method runs in desktop mode. Even IE10 in desktop mode is like our traditional IE, including support for plugins like flash and silverlight. Metro mode is a different beast. IE10 in metro mode is a different executable. It does not allow plugins. Thus no silverlight. Remember win8 targets a tablet mindset, so normal users are going to use metro mode for most activities. This means rhe average win8 user wont be able to run silverlight or flash, unless they are smart enough to flip to desktop mode and run IE10 and open the page. Teleric wrote some pretty goodblog articles detailing the technical stack. So if you're saavy for that, go there and learn more. A good observation they made is that Metro mode is for data-sipping, desktop mode is for doing real work. The kind of apps Metro mode encourages are lighter, more responsive. Artistically nice looking, at the sacrifice of screen real estate you'd need for a business app. Since some mention of html and win8 came up, i could go deeper into what that means. It has to do with how Metro mode uses the WinRT stack for .net and html apps to access the system. An html app can actually have access to hardware resources. Note, this is not html as a web page, but an installed app writen in html/js using WinRT js libraries. This is sort of akin to how WebOS apps were written in js. A web language, used for writing native applications is the new concept athand. Hope this was useful. Janx [/QUOTE]
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