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@MStrehovsky @BrandonLive I’d take a self-signed MSIX over a unsigned, unpackaged app any day.

@MStrehovsky @BrandonLive If that developer buys a commercial certificate you have the exact same issue. I agree that this is not an improvement over unsigned apps. But other advantages of MSIX (identity, clean uninstall, delta updates, etc) remain.

Spent an hour reading about and trying to make an MSIX installer. Will self signed installers really not install without first installing the cert? I expected a scary dialog with an "install anyway" option. Did I just waste my time? Is MSIX useless for people without $$$?

@thebookisclosed Seems like a good call, considering that switching mode is very inconsistent, takes long and makes the platform look terrible.

For what it's worth, there is no trace of this button in build 25236. The screenshot showing this action is from a shell branch compile of build 25204 which is quite old. Wouldn't put my money on this going live anytime soon.

@WithinRafael I am somewhat confused what is going on here, I think the Store app might be recognizing/updating the sideloaded Outlook MSIX package. This new updater is call XPD and it interacts with a component called Sentinel (which could be Microsoft Sentinel, or something else).

@WithinRafael microsoft.com/store/productI…

@WithinRafael any idea how the squirrel updater of the new Outlook managed to update to a Store bought MSIX packaged installation? I kind of thought that was impossible?

@WordPress Is the 2022 theme broken for more people? (Not including global styles on front end)

More refinements, more control, and more improvements are here with WordPress 6.1. Download it now: wordpress.org/news/2022/11/m… #WordPress

@bendycatus @never_released How does the Win x64 emulation compare?

@WithinRafael @TheRealCre8trix Looks like it is working now with Win11 22621.755. I don't see any visible changes, that might explain why it is deemed safe now and no long an urgent security threat.

@ALumia_Italia Microsoft getting into the crapware market 😔, leave no ad placement opportunity unturned, huh? I wonder if it comes with a 30 day free trial of McAfee 🥺

Microsoft PC Manager (Public Beta)

@stroughtonsmith One of the intriguing parts of the path WinAppSDK chose is that it is all native code. For now with C#, C++ and semi-official Rust support. And other Frameworks start to build on top of that like React Native and MAUI. (Swift: ericsink.com/entries/swift_…)

@stroughtonsmith 1.2 should be release in the first week of november

@ALumia_Italia Is it really a 35 minute only event?

Who wants some... tidbits?

@WithinRafael All existing Widgets use a different method/sdk, right? Is more known about what they are doing?

@WithinRafael @TheRealCre8trix do you maybe know a little bit more about this?

@WithinRafael Oh, I am probably wrong. They have silently updated, their silent update from a couple months ago 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@WithinRafael I think they are only talking about enterprise uses there, last time i looked, they required some group policy to be set.

@sdw Do you expect these animations to be the result of clever animation by hand? Or do they have some sort of physics based renderer?

Even non-tech-y people see the Dynamic Island UI and are wowed. Why? Objects are behaving with an impeccable sense of physicality. Scrolling on iPhone 1 was magic because it felt like touching a real surface with your finger. This is like playing with liquid. Incredible work.

Intensely in love with the bouncy, blobby, liquid UI animation and style on iPhone 14 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra. The era of blob-o-morphism is upon us