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Windows 8 – Desktop vs Metro

January 13, 2012 Chris Boss

I have had a chance to play with the Windows 8 preview and so far I am impressed. The Metro part is really nice for tablets and is well suited to touch. The question arises though, should one write Metro style applications or desktop style applications ? Metro applications have many advantages, such as always full screen, multiplatform (x86 and

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Windows 8 Preview – Part 2 – EZGUI and the Windows API

September 25, 2011 Chris Boss

Now that I have solved the problem with the video driver, Windows 8 is looking much better. I have a lot more to test, but the EZGUI Windows 8 test program I wrote (see previous post for link to download) works perfectly. So what does this test program actually test in the Windows API: Dialogs (Forms) Windows Timers MDI (Multiple

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