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		sofuture on June 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Microsoft has made developers horrified about ... Windows 7 widgets were also written in HTML and JS. This is the dumbest controversy ever.

jimbobimbo on June 13, 2011 [–]

Vista and Windows 7 presentations were never about "here's your widgets and that's it". The way the whole story about HTML+JS on Windows 8 was presented ("a new platform" and not a peep about what else's there) is what legitimately pisses people off.

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