Microsoft slow to adapt own tech?
As Frank Arr points out, Yahoo Messenger is getting a massive upgrade in visual appearance thanks to WPF.
I must admit, its very clean and pretty looking, the video of it is worth checking out.
Yahoo have a page where you can signup for notifications of when it’s available for download, and preview video.
The thing that annoys me is, where is the Windows Live Messenger WPF version? Microsoft should be pushing out a bunch of semi-decent/useful WPF applications to encourage developers to get on board.
Not only that, but a WPF version of WLM would certainly appeal to new comers to Vista. I know a lot of people who use their computer for web browsing, emails, and IM.
I don’t use Yahoo, but I’m thinking with this new version, as well as with WLM support, I might start doing so…
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[...] Posted in Coding, Work, IT by will on January 11, 2007. Paul makes a good point that Microsoft is slow to adopt and use it’s own technology. As some Microsofters put it: “eating your own dog food”. [...]
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[...] easy to see that WPF is capable of some very cool thing, but again, it is disappointing to see that Microsoft isn’t “dog-fooding” such capabilities (except ironically in XAML tools such as Expression Blend and Design). This is emphasised when you [...]
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