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New UI framework from Microsoft?

Long Zheng dug up a job description for "a new Framework that will enable new UI experiences in future versions of Windows" and is wondering if this means Windows Presentation Foundation is taking a backseat. Performance issues with WPF have been talked about often and the comments in Long's post show a bit of that.
Written by Ryan Stewart, Contributor

Long Zheng dug up a job description for "a new Framework that will enable new UI experiences in future versions of Windows" and is wondering if this means Windows Presentation Foundation is taking a backseat. Performance issues with WPF have been talked about often and the comments in Long's post show a bit of that. I do find it hard to believe that Microsoft would be rolling something entirely new. WPF has a lot of people excited about building Windows applications again and with Silverlight 2.0 becoming more WPF-like it would be odd to see full blown Windows development move in a different direction. My hunch (like a lot of the commentors) is that this is something else that will go along with WPF. The job description could just be a way to get people excited about applying.

Then again, this new UI framework could be the one that ultimately combines both browser and desktop applications into one. If it's being developed right now it's safe to assume we won't see it for Windows 7 so perhaps this is the next-next generation of building applications on the Microsoft platform. Something that can more easily go between browser and desktop than even Silverlight and WPF do today.

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