MS Vista Look and Feel To Go Cross-Platform

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MS Vista Look and Feel To Go Cross-Platform

Posted by Zonk on Saturday September 17, 2005 @12:24AM from the everything's-coming-up-milhouse dept.

Robert writes "As part of the announcement of the next generation look and feel for Windows Vista, Microsoft said that it will make a subset of the new presentation layer available for other platforms. 'Windows Presentation Foundation', the look and feel which provides the rich front end for Vista, will also eventually be available in compact form for other platforms such as the Apple Macintosh, older versions of Windows, and smart devices such as phones or PDAs."

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Linux by LamboAlpha · 2005-09-17 00:26 · Score: 5, Funny

No linux?
ActiveX and XP? by biryokumaru · 2005-09-17 00:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Are you saying I can have the security of ActiveX and the beauty of a WinXP skin with liberal use of transparency? I'm there!
D'oh! I'm on Linux... *snaps* dang.

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ActiveX Plugin by imboboage0 · 2005-09-17 00:29 · Score: 5, Funny

When WPF/E becomes available, it will be in the form of an Active X control that can be embedded in applications or as browser plug-in.

Yep. Because we all know and love the concept of ActiveX.

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And put ANOTHER way... by blakespot · 2005-09-17 00:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Today's Top Headlines: "Microsoft passes around the ugly stick!"

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Separate into layers? by daveed · 2005-09-17 00:52 · Score: 4, Funny

What I want to know is when they'll separate the virus, bug and backdoor bits of windows into layers, so I can use them on other platforms.
Oh, great... by jpellino · 2005-09-17 00:58 · Score: 4, Funny

So now Mac users can look forward to combo boxes, tab sets that flip around as you click them, and a start menu that eats half the screen just to choose a program...

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Re:Will Vista just be a UI improvement over XP? by FidelCatsro · 2005-09-17 02:00 · Score: 4, Funny

"Windows Rights Management Client. Windows Vista will include the latest Windows RMS client."

That just me laugh my head of ..The thought of "Now connecting to www.stallman.org" rushed through my head.

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