WPF/E Released
Scott Guthrie and his team at Microsoft has released a new product code named WPF/E. It looks like a flash replacement for Internet Explorer browser with some additional features. First of all, it only works with Internet Explorer, I think if they don’t give support to other platforms and other browsers, although WPF/E seems really great, it might not be popular as flash.
We want some standards to look our applications look the same on every platform. I have never programmed flash scripts before and I am sure that Microsoft will provide that easy to developers. However if it is only for IE, I don’t think many of the developers will use it.
I don’t understand that new approach as well. The products like Virtual Earth or Photosynth and this only works for Internet Explorer because they use Activex. I don’t know if they will support other platforms but since it’s developed on ActiveX I don’t think they will give any support.
Actually - WPF/E works with IE, FireFox and Safari browsers and runs on both Windows and Macintosh systems (including both x86 and PowerPC).
Cross platform support is definitely a key design principle for WPF/E.
Hope this helps,
Scott
11 December 2006, 6:20 pmScott,
Thank you very much for your reply, I wouldn’t expect you here. So i’m sorry for writing without knowing that.
That will be awesome because the WPF/E looks amazing. One code for all platforms, that’s great…
11 December 2006, 10:25 pm