So, from this blog post, the death of UWP is greatly exaggerated:
The better come up with a much better story to sell this – I understand that the WinRT api is much better for power management, mobile, etc. but clearly not as rich as Win32 – and this doesn’t really explain how Xamarin fits in with all this going forward either. There’s a lot of explaining for .NET 5.0 and Windows development to make the story coherent for developers.
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<blockquote><em><a href="#478262">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>So why the comment with the diagram disappeared? </p>
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<blockquote><em><a href="#479126">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>ok I will start to keep screenshot of some comments, just in case</p>
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<blockquote><em><a href="#478558">In reply to GavinWilliams:</a></em></blockquote><ol><li>Win32 can suspend taskbar/titlebar, UWP cannot</li></ol><p>what exactly do you mean?</p><ol><li>Win32 can be distributed anywhere, UWP cannot</li></ol><p>absolutely false</p><p><br></p>
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<p>if this picture will not keep disappear from the comments for some strange reasons, it will clarify many doubts</p><p>zdnet1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/2019/10/01/ca9cbf9b-6b3e-4156-979d-884524b082da/fe40bdc036a19a11d1c11d491d186fba/win32onwcos.jpg</p>
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<p>For some reasons there is a personal war against UWP, but let's provide some facts:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1- zdnet1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/2019/10/01/ca9cbf9b-6b3e-4156-979d-884524b082da/fe40bdc036a19a11d1c11d491d186fba/win32onwcos.jpg (maybe they didn't make UWP apps big and clear enough)</p><p> </p><p>2- was never mentioned the number of sessions about UWP at MS ignite, but they keep mentioning the lack of UWP sessions at PREVIOUS conferences</p><p> </p><p>3- was never mentioned for example that Adobe Fresco is UWP, but they rushed to mention that Gears5 is win32 and not UWP</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I like to end with a quote from thurrot:</p><p> </p><p>"Every year, some pretentious tech blogger has to remind his tech-infatuated (and probably Apple-loving) readers that there’s an Android update problem."</p><p> </p><p>you can just adapt this to your needs ;)</p>
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<blockquote><em><a href="#479537">In reply to lwetzel:</a></em></blockquote><p>which space?</p>
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<p>Probably we're not going to see this news here: Rudy Huyn moved to MS to focus on UWP development</p><p>windowscentral.com/well-known-uwp-developer-rudy-huyn-joins-microsoft</p>
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<blockquote><em><a href="#483188">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>maybe, It's not what matters … what's more important that this shows the MS focus on UWP development, including all the UWP session on the upcoming MS Ignite :)</p>