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Microsoft Relents On Metro-Only Visual Studio Express

Posted by Soulskill on from the somebody-shouted-loudly-enough dept.

snydeq writes "After hearing objections from developers, Microsoft will offer a version of its Visual Studio Express 2012 package for desktop application development after all. The company had previously announced that Express 2012 editions, which are free, platform-specific versions of the Visual Studio 2012 IDE, would be limited to Windows 8 Metro-style development as well as development for the Windows Azure cloud platform, Windows Phone, and Web applications. 'We heard from our community that developers want to have for Windows desktop development the same great experience and access to the latest Visual Studio 2012 features at the Express level. ... And it will enable developers working on open source applications to target existing and previous versions of Windows.'"

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  1. Re:Well, it's a beginning by VGPowerlord · · Score: 3, Informative

    So those people who intentionally put off migrating forward for over a decade are going to be surprised that things aren't exactly the same as they were before. Cry me a river.

    Half a decade. Windows Vista came out in January 2007.

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  2. Well what do you know by ArhcAngel · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was all ready to post a snarky comment about not needing Visual Studio because I could do everything I needed in Delphi. So I quickly look it up since I haven't touched it in over 10 years and much to my surprise Delphi is not only still around but looks like it's thriving. Who knew?

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  3. Re:Well, it's a beginning by turkeyfeathers · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hierarchical menus.

  4. Re:Well, it's a beginning by dslbrian · · Score: 3, Informative

    I prefer the apps list in Windows 8 as a list of all programs in one quick spot. It's alphebetized and doesn't include nonsense like uninstall wizards and docs like the start menu does. And it shows all the icons at once so I don't have to read a series of folder names like with the Start Menu.

    Well you must not use very many programs. Their ridiculous flat organization method quickly falls apart and looks like crap. Just take a look here (images 3-5 on that page pretty clearly demonstrate). So yeah, you enjoy that needle in a haystack...

  5. Re:Well, it's a beginning by epyT-R · · Score: 3, Informative

    I mean the 'start menu' taking the full screen whenever it's accessed, instead of a small rectangle in the corner of the still-visible desktop.