Future of GDIPlus Windows User interfaces: which will be the replacement? -
almost windows applications gui (winforms or native) use gdiplus.
but technology quite old, , shows many limitations.
alternatives wpf, or silverlight, flash? developer tools visual studio , delphi still use gdiplus reference.
when change? , moreover: there portability? delphi vcl in future ported new technology maintaining backwards compatibility? (for ex tbutton gdi, in future can else).
update: maybe question can stated "will future os render gui widgets without gdi+ using newer technology, kind of builtin silverlight/flash?"
for native programs, wpf has replaced gdi+
in view, since gdi+
, winforms have been in play long time, take long time majority of developers go on new technology, if has lot of great features , possibilities gdi+
not come close to.
visual studio
still have support winforms/gdi+
of course, since visual studio 2008
built in support wpf have been there, , working fine.
silverlight
, flash
never mainstream replacement native application.
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