UWP: H Microsoft had a dream with the Windows 8. In the dream there were Catholic churches applications of Windows that would run on (the universal Windows platform) Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and would cover phones, tablets, computers and Xbox consoles.
Στο σχέδιο της Microsoft οι προγραμματιστές εφαρμογών θα μπορούσαν να γράψουν μια ενιαία εφαρμογή για όλες τις συσκευές που αναφέραμε παραπάνω. Αυτό το όνειρο όμως άρχισε να διαλύεται μετά την αποτυχία του Windows Phone, και σήμερα μπορούμε να πούμε ότι εξανεμίστηκε για τα καλά...
Microsoft spent several years pushing developers to develop special applications for it Universal The company's platform (UWP) but from today it will probably stop demanding for UWP.
The company eventually allows game developers to add Win32 games to the Microsoft Store, which means that many of the games released by developers in other popular stores, such as Steam, do not need to be rewritten for UWP.
"Αναγνωρίζουμε ότι το Win32 είναι η μορφή που αγαπούν οι προγραμματιστές παιχνιδιών και οι παίκτες, γι 'αυτό είμαστε ενθουσιασμένοι που μοιραζόμαστε μαζί σας ότι θα επιτρέψουμε την πλήρη υποστήριξη των παιχνιδιών Win32 στο Microsoft Store για τα Windows", he says Microsoft's Phil Spencer.
"Αυτό θα δώσει περισσότερες επιλογές στους προγραμματιστές και τους gamers, επιτρέποντας την προσαρμογή και τον έλεγχο που περιμένουν να έχουν από το ανοιχτό οικοσύστημα παιχνιδιών των Windows."
This is a big turnaround for the Microsoft App Store, and it's mainly because games are one of the most popular forms of apps available from the Store.
Before the devs were forced to write games for Windows 10 through the Universal Windows Platform, a platform that simply could not reach the level of customization that game developers expected from Windows.
UWP application development has not been going well for months. Microsoft recently unveiled an effort to change the Edge browser and use Chromium to move away from UWP, which will allow the company to make its browser available on Windows 7, 8 and macOS.
Ο Joe Belfiore της Microsoft παραδέχτηκε σε μια συνέντευξή του στο The Verge νωρίτερα αυτό το μήνα ότι το UWP ήταν "headwind" για τον Edge.
"Not that UWP is bad, but it's not a mature 35-year-old platform with unlimited applications written" δήλωσε ο Belfiore την εποχή εκείνη.
Since then we have heard many complaints from developers about the fact that UWP applications place restrictions on their applications and that they have often been faced with the dilemma of choosing between creating a UWP application for Windows 10 or a traditional desktop application running on all Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
But now the company's original vision of new apps that can run on all PCs, phones, tablets, Xbox and HoloLens δεν υπάρχει, και αυτό είναι ξεκάθαρο με τον "θάνατο" του Windows Phone.
Microsoft will eventually listen to the game developers and will not try to force them to work at UWP.
This of course will not only be good for developers but also for Windows users.
Gamers will be able to enjoy more games in the Microsoft Store, which will work the way one expects applications to run on a PC.
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