![]() Net 3.5 framework comes with a 2.7 MB installer, but this is only a stub that downloads the frameworks required. From stats published by SteG on a recent BOS post (only IE users counted):Ĭonsequently deploying your app may require a framework update. Net is less than impressive, especially for the more recent versions. But I question the wisdom of anyone selling downloadable off-the-shelf software based on. So, if Windows desktop apps aren’t going away any time soon, what language/libraries/tools should we use to develop them? It is clear that Microsoft would like us to use a. To me it seems more likely that desktop apps will embed a browser and use more and more web protocols, resulting in hybrid native+web apps that offer the best of both worlds. The only way I see web apps approaching the flexibility and performance of desktop apps is for the browser to become as complicated as an OS, negating the key reason for having a browser in the first place. I don’t expect to be running Visual Studio, PhotoShop or VMWare (amongst others) inside the browser any time soon. The capabilities of web based applications have improved a lot in recent years, but they still have a long way to go to match a custom built native application once you move beyond CRUD applications. In fact, of the thousands of pounds I have spent on software in the last three years, I would guess that well over 90% of it was spent on software that runs outside the browser. From my perspective, as both a buyer and seller of software, I think they are wrong. I have have heard plenty of people saying that desktop software is dead and that all future development will be done for the web. ![]()
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