Will GDI+ be updated to use Direct2D? Will GDI?

[Ian Boyd]

Will Microsoft be updating GDI+ to internally use Direct2D and DirectWrite,
if available, so that all applications can benefit from it?

Will GDI?
Can I opt into it with a manifest compatibility setting?
Is there perhaps a 3rd party out there creating their own redistributable
gdiplus.dll library that uses DirectWrite?

Is Microsoft not improving their product to make it better for everyone?

[Chris Becke]

Not to sound bitter, but another way to phrase the question is: does
(the technology that could benefit from an upgrade) have .net in its name?

Post by Ian Boyd
Will Microsoft be updating GDI+ to internally use Direct2D and
DirectWrite, if available, so that all applications can benefit from it?
Will GDI?
Can I opt into it with a manifest compatibility setting?
Is there perhaps a 3rd party out there creating their own
redistributable gdiplus.dll library that uses DirectWrite?
Is Microsoft not improving their product to make it better for everyone?

[Ian Boyd]

Is the implication there that anything Microsoft created that is called
".NET" is abandoned?

Or that anything ".NET" will definitely be maintained?

Not to sound bitter, but another way to phrase the question is: does (the
technology that could benefit from an upgrade) have .net in its name?

Post by Ian Boyd
Will Microsoft be updating GDI+ to internally use Direct2D and
DirectWrite, if available, so that all applications can benefit from it?
Will GDI?
Can I opt into it with a manifest compatibility setting?
Is there perhaps a 3rd party out there creating their own
redistributable gdiplus.dll library that uses DirectWrite?
Is Microsoft not improving their product to make it better for everyone?