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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by deafpolygon on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:30AM (#45963417)
> this is also a reason why WinUI efforts went down the drain.

That may be, but there is PLENTY of people with the expertise to develop WinUI apps -- IMO, the glaring problem would be that Microsoft can't get their head straight on which UI to support in the first place!

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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by pjmlp on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @05:38AM (#45963454)
Win32, Windows Forms, WPF, even MFC, I do agree.

WinUI, only Microsoft employees on the Windows team, and fools that aren't aware of all the WinRT tooling reboots since Windows 8 was introduced, buying into WinUI marketing of how great it is.

As one of the fools that thought WinRT was a great idea, what .NET 1.0 should have been, I doubt there are many of those left.

WPF wasn't brought back into active status at BUILD 2024 by accident.

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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by acqq on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @08:20AM (#45965433)
Can you write or point to some more insights about the problems / critique of these most recent approaches?
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Re:Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with acc... by pjmlp on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @09:59AM (#45967057)
This comment should provide a good overview of the current chaos,

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40843252

Then check the feedback on the latest community call,

https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/discussions/1...

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