Re:Should I develop Windows metro style apps?
by brudgers on Saturday June 02, 2012 @06:30PM
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Take this for the anecdotal account and speculation that it is.
My father loves his Vista/Windows 7 gadgets - and that's what I see as the big idea behind Metro on Windows. Microsoft has been pushing this kind of approach for a long time (since 1999 with HTA's).
I suspect that they've got user data to show that adding a sandbox around these will make sense in the long run.
As for flopping, it depends on whether you mean in the press or in enterprise. I expect Metro Apps to be hugely successful in the workplace over the long term - Microsoft has a single toolchain which will work from cloud to desktop to mobile - there's going to be demand for those skills.
To put it another way, if Metro apps get 10% acceptance in the Windows community that's a bigger market than Linux and perhaps OSX.
My father loves his Vista/Windows 7 gadgets - and that's what I see as the big idea behind Metro on Windows. Microsoft has been pushing this kind of approach for a long time (since 1999 with HTA's).
I suspect that they've got user data to show that adding a sandbox around these will make sense in the long run.
As for flopping, it depends on whether you mean in the press or in enterprise. I expect Metro Apps to be hugely successful in the workplace over the long term - Microsoft has a single toolchain which will work from cloud to desktop to mobile - there's going to be demand for those skills.
To put it another way, if Metro apps get 10% acceptance in the Windows community that's a bigger market than Linux and perhaps OSX.