wraggster
April 29th, 2015, 20:01
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One of the reasons some people didn't like Windows 8 was that it seemed to include two versions of Windows: Live Tiles and the desktop, with touch-friendly apps kept far away from traditional x86 programs. With Windows 10 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/windows-10-hands-on/), Microsoft seems to be trying hard to make the user experience feel less jarring (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/windows-10-design/), and now, it's taking things a step further with the Windows Store. Once home exclusively to touch-friendly, "Metro-style" apps, it will now house a mix of Win32 and .NET apps as well, along with server-hosted web applications. The result is that users will now have a one-stop shop for all manner of Windows downloads. From a developer standpoint, meanwhile, all of these apps will be able to take advantage of the same Windows Store platform -- that means updates are delivered the same way, and developers can also enable in-app purchases, as they would in any other Windows Store download.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/29/desktop-apps-are-coming-to-the-windows-store/
One of the reasons some people didn't like Windows 8 was that it seemed to include two versions of Windows: Live Tiles and the desktop, with touch-friendly apps kept far away from traditional x86 programs. With Windows 10 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/windows-10-hands-on/), Microsoft seems to be trying hard to make the user experience feel less jarring (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/windows-10-design/), and now, it's taking things a step further with the Windows Store. Once home exclusively to touch-friendly, "Metro-style" apps, it will now house a mix of Win32 and .NET apps as well, along with server-hosted web applications. The result is that users will now have a one-stop shop for all manner of Windows downloads. From a developer standpoint, meanwhile, all of these apps will be able to take advantage of the same Windows Store platform -- that means updates are delivered the same way, and developers can also enable in-app purchases, as they would in any other Windows Store download.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/29/desktop-apps-are-coming-to-the-windows-store/