Pro WPF 4.5 in VB: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4.5

CHAPTER 23

Windows

Windows are the basic ingredients in traditional desktop applications—so basic that the operating system itself is named after them.

In the years since the window model was introduced, simplified page-based applications have often challenged the window model. The first and most successful challenger was the Web, with its range of app-like websites that run in the browser. But the page-based model of the Web has also crept into the territory of the desktop. Today, you’ll find that Microsoft is busy creating a design framework called Metro, which favors simplified, touch-friendly interfaces that don’t use windows at all. And ...