WW 598: Giant Hairball of Code




Windows Weekly (Video LO) show

Summary: <p>Edge vs Chromium</p><ul> <li>Is Microsoft about to switch rendering engines in its Windows 10 browser?</li> <li>Is this a good thing or bad thing for 1. the industry; 2. developers; 3. users (Yes, yes, and yes; let's debunk some myths.)</li> <li>Will it still be called Edge?</li> <li>Will it look/work like Edge does today? What about extensions, etc.?</li> </ul><p>Windows Lite</p><ul> <li>Windows RT failed. Windows 10 S Mode failed. Can Windows "Lite" succeed?</li> <li>Our guesses about how Windows Lite fits in with WCOS</li> <li>If this isn't called Windows, what should/might it be named? ("Yoghurt"? "DillyDally"?)</li> </ul><p>Related to these two topics, we need to talk about Terry Centaurus: The dual-screen successor to Andromeda</p><ul> <li>If at first you don't succeed in landing a dual-screen pocketable device, should you try, try again?</li> <li>Microsoft is working on another attempt to take on Chromebooks with Centaurus</li> </ul><p>Xbox + Surface futures</p><ul><li>Brad drops a bombshell about the future of Xbox and for Surface too</li></ul><p>Microsoft Connect roundup</p><ul> <li>Microsoft open sources WPF, Winforms and WinUI</li> <li>Microsoft releases public preview 1 of Visual Studio 2019</li> <li>Microsoft open sources the ONNX inference engine</li> <li>Azure Machine Learning is now generally available</li> </ul><p>Microsoft v. FCC</p><ul><li>The FCC says that most Americans have access to broadband. Microsoft says that's not even close to reality.</li></ul><p>Tips and picks</p><ul> <li>Tip of the week: You can once again download the Windows 7 and 8.1 ISOs. But...<ul><li>Plus: Yes, Bootcamp still sucks</li></ul> </li> <li>App pick of the week: Typora<ul><li>Plus: Google Arts &amp; Culture mobile app adds a cool AR Vermeer experience</li></ul> </li> <li>Enterprise pick of the week: CNAB</li> <li>Codename pick of the week: Chromium</li> <li>Beer pick of the week: Collective Arts Ransack the Universe</li> </ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mary-jo-foley">Mary Jo Foley</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/megan-morrone">Megan Morrone</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly</a></p> <p>Check out Paul's blog at <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/" target="_blank">thurrott.com</a></p> <p>Check out Mary Jo's blog at <a href="http://allaboutmicrosoft.com/" target="_blank">AllAboutMicrosoft.com</a></p> <p>The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/carlfranklin" target="_blank">Carl Franklin</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://Prilock.com/twit">Prilock.com/twit promo code LEO</a></li> <li><a href="http://RocketMortgage.com/Windows">RocketMortgage.com/Windows</a></li> <li><a href="http://WordPress.com/windows">WordPress.com/windows</a></li> </ul>