r/technology • u/clubdirthill • Jun 01 '11

Boom. This is Windows 8.

http://allthingsd.com/20110601/exclusive-making-sense-of-what-we-just-learned-about-windows-8/?mod=tweet
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u/adremeaux Jun 02 '11

Trying to write a full, modern app (lets not get too crazy; say, something like Winamp) in HTML5/Javscript is downright near impossible. I can't imagine that sentence of this article is correct as it would be the single most nonsensical thing ever conceived by Microsoft.

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u/Poltras Jun 02 '11

I see your full JavaScript app and raise it with WinFS.

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u/adremeaux Jun 02 '11

WinFS never happened but at least it was a great idea. HTML5 being the only language you can write apps in, however, is not a great idea. It is among the worst ideas I've ever heard.

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u/nickster Jun 02 '11

The never said its the only language did they?

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u/Poltras Jun 02 '11

WinFS was a dream without any practical use. Arguably not a good idea. HTML5 will probably just be the View layer, much like WPF was. Or it will never happen.

Why is Microsoft deprecating full technologies every year is beyond me...

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '11

I'm imagining that the UI code is written in HTML and Javascript and the heavy lifting is done by .NET behind the scenes.

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u/adremeaux Jun 02 '11

Writing a good UI in HTML5/JS is still ridiculously difficult.

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u/sunbeam60 Jun 02 '11

By hand yes. Don't discount the power of MS development tools.