近日，前微软技术研究员、Office AI 架构师 Jeffrey Snover 带来了一篇长文，以亲历者的视角，把过去三十多年 Windows GUI 技术演进中的关键节点一一拆开，讲清楚问题是如何一步步积累、失控，并最终演变成今天这个“百花齐放却无所适从”的局面。

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Microsoft has published a new document on GitHub to clarify the goals of 'Project Reunion' and what it consists of. As ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reported recently, Project Reunion aims to unify Win32 and ...

Non-packaged Win32 applications have a serious challenge in accessing many sought-after Windows APIs and features. The likes of BackgroundTasks, Notifications, LiveTiles, Share and more, are either ...

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A security researcher has stirred up a new controversy around the security of the Windows operating system, with claims that a flaw in the design of the Windows architecture has led to vulnerabilities ...

Hey all,<BR><BR> I'm trying to create a frontend for a Unix C application, and while I used to be fluent in Win32, I havn't used it since NT 4.0. Thus, if I'm missing something really obvious, please ...

Ten years ago around this very time—April through June 2008—our intrepid Microsoft guru Peter Bright evidently had an identity crisis. Could this lifelong PC user really have been pushed to the brink?

Starting with Windows 10 build number 15042, Microsoft will allow administrators to block the installation of Win32 applications on their computer. This new feature, spotted by Vitor Mikaelson, will ...

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