Microsoft Relents On Metro-Only Visual Studio Express 228
snydeq writes "After hearing objections from developers, Microsoft will offer a version of its Visual Studio Express 2012 package for desktop application development after all. The company had previously announced that Express 2012 editions, which are free, platform-specific versions of the Visual Studio 2012 IDE, would be limited to Windows 8 Metro-style development as well as development for the Windows Azure cloud platform, Windows Phone, and Web applications. 'We heard from our community that developers want to have for Windows desktop development the same great experience and access to the latest Visual Studio 2012 features at the Express level. ... And it will enable developers working on open source applications to target existing and previous versions of Windows.'"
Re:Well, it's a beginning (Score:4, Informative)
So those people who intentionally put off migrating forward for over a decade are going to be surprised that things aren't exactly the same as they were before. Cry me a river.
Half a decade. Windows Vista came out in January 2007.
Well what do you know (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Well, it's a beginning (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Well, it's a beginning (Score:4, Informative)
I prefer the apps list in Windows 8 as a list of all programs in one quick spot. It's alphebetized and doesn't include nonsense like uninstall wizards and docs like the start menu does. And it shows all the icons at once so I don't have to read a series of folder names like with the Start Menu.
Well you must not use very many programs. Their ridiculous flat organization method quickly falls apart and looks like crap. Just take a look here [hothardware.com] (images 3-5 on that page pretty clearly demonstrate). So yeah, you enjoy that needle in a haystack...
Re:Well, it's a beginning (Score:4, Informative)
I mean the 'start menu' taking the full screen whenever it's accessed, instead of a small rectangle in the corner of the still-visible desktop.