[cw-discuss] Dropped Support

James E. LaBarre jamesl at bestweb.net
Wed Feb 28 19:57:37 CST 2007


Tim Fairchild wrote:
> MS keeps using the same old stuff anyway tho. win 3.1 apps still run on XP 
> (and wine) probably because a lot of the calls are the same. Indeed some of 
> the apps are the same. Have you ever compared apps like sound recorder and 
> calculator... I think the XP and win 3.1 versions use a lot (most) of the 
> same code :)
> 
> eg XP vs 3.1:
> http://www.bcs4me.com/Untitled-1.gif
> http://www.bcs4me.com/Untitled-2.gif
> 


And you notice the Win 3.x screenshot of Calculator has the *very same* 
sort of non-textured buttons that have now been introduced into Vista & 
Vista-generation apps?



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