Microsoft seems to have given up on guidance for how to write desktop apps, Windows 8 had that Metro thing that got rejected by the world. I guess you could use Win32, WinForms, WPF or something else. The incoherence is second only to the Linux world, I remember how developers were crazy about theming in Win32 in the ‘95 age so something like Back Orifice or the app for your scanner looks atrocious. WPF added really great support for theming but at the point everybody was burned out in theming so it hardly ever got used.

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chuckadams an hour ago | parent [-]

Metro goes back to Windows XP Media Center, and frankly was one of the best UIs ever. Also used by the very underappreciated Zune (which was not helped by its drab hardware design or MS's PlayForSureWeMeanItThisTime DRM)

	▲	PaulHoule 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I had a $99 Windows tablet that I thought was a great value and totally easy to use, but, like every other tablet I've had, I mostly used it to browse the web. Zune was pretty good but the only program that deserves the name "It plays for sure" is VLC.