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Smooth animations are fundamental to many graphical UI applications, and Windows 7 introduces a native animation framework for managing the scheduling and execution of animations. The animation framework supplies a library of useful mathematical functions for specifying behavior over time and also lets developers provide their own behavior functions. The framework supports sophisticated resolution of conflicts when multiple animations attempt to manipulate the same value simultaneously. An application can specify that one animation must be completed before another can begin and can force completion within a set time. The new framework also helps animations determine appropriate durations
Watch Yochay Kiriaty, Windows 7 Technical Evangelist, and Windows Ribbon Scenic Animation product team members Paul Kwiatkowski and Paul Gildea as we explain Windows Scenic Animation, why we need it, and which components of Windows use this amazing technology. Paul also has few cool demos that show the real power of this technology.
For more technical content on Windows 7 and few cool code samples, go to the Windows 7 Blog for Developers.
So now we have yet another way to draw things on the screen? Why not focus on WPF and managed code? The animation system in there is easy to use and is very capable.
RHM has it pretty dead on. I have been a huge MS fanboy forever (even worked for them for a short while). For the last year I have been heavily investing in learning WPF and was extremely excited as to the potential, yet disappointed at the immaturity.
Yesterday I got my first Mac. After one day experience on the Mac as a multiple developer/engineer certified MS professional I am in shock how far behind windows is. I finally understand why Mac usage is on such a quick rise lately.
I know major projects take years at MS (at one time I was offered a sr position on the Win32 replacement team, 5 years later WPF was announced). If MS does not already have a major step beyond WPF in late development they can kiss their market lead goodbye.
I was semi interested in Windows 7, but after one day with a Mac I am not even going to bother.
Why there's so much latency there? If you look when he drags the object with finger they come far behind, quite annoying and establishes a "slow piece of ..." feel. There have been touch ui's with faster reaction so it's possible..
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