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Richard Davey wrote:
> Michael Trim wrote:
> 
>>> Ah well, any site that requires a non-bundled plugin is doomed anyway
>> Shirley it is an inevitability that it will appear in windows updates
>> before too long anyway and therefore gain a measure of ubiquity (an
>> oxymoron but you know what I mean)
> 
> Does it not hook into the .NET 2 framework, meaning that would have to 
> be pushed out as an essential / required system update as well. I didn't 
> think that had happened yet? and if it hasn't, then for "un-supported" 
> versions of Windows (anything pre Vista) it never will.

Answering my own comment, I see the system requirements are Vista or XP 
SP2 only, so that explains how they can push it out to just those users.

I did finally get it running thanks to using the proper installer from 
the MS site. Very nice too, but still extremely niche given the above.

Still, it's nice to see something different to the ever bloating 
JavaScript frameworks that constantly try to reimplement GUI elements 
that we've all already got in our OS. Be interesting to see where this 
goes after the Mix07 hype dies down.

Cheers,

Rich
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