re: WPF and Rich Content Model

Aaron at WiredPrairie — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:35:40 GMT

For me, it's substantial and I think it is what differentiates WPF from old-school Win32 programming. There are so many scenarios where the constraints and challenges of doing complex data entry layout in Win32 are simply maddening (along with a reasonably visually compelling interface). Most importantly and to my point, I think the power of WPF is that it eliminates so many of the constraints we've had as developers during the Win32-years. I want to eliminate the need for niche ActiveX/.NET components which serve limited purposes. I want to eliminate the need to host an instance of IE in an application because I want a richer end user experience that can't be done in a reasonable amount of time.
I want to build experiences that could be something like InfoPath or even an interactive Word document (like a form) -- without relying on those technologies. I need an enabling technology to do that. WPF seems to be that.