22nd February 2012, 9:33 AM
etoven Wrote:It's not efficient at all it's built on the same architecture as silver light. So even the simplest tasks will be like shooting yourself in the head. For example did you know that to access the filesystem will require showing a file open or file save dialog first? And any storage space used by the program will be isolated from the rest of the OS. It's going to be a god damn nightmare!
Oh I see what you're talking about. No don't worry, that was just ONE tool they revealed early on to allow easy porting of web apps and the like. They've since revealed the new low level API that's intended for much more capable "native" code. MS's only mistake was only showing that silverlight styled API early on, confusing a lot of developers. The one you're wanting has been branded WinRT.
http://www.winsupersite.com/article/wind...ime-142196
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