Signing in to Windows 8 with a Windows Live ID (blogs.msdn.com) 10 points by justanotheratom 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] AndrewDucker 14y ago ↗ I like the ability to synch Metro settings between machines.Shame they're not making that possibility available to non-Metro apps. [–] joenathan 14y ago ↗ As of right now there is no standardized way native Windows applications save or manage settings, trying to introduce this technology into the older platform probably isn't possible. [–] AndrewDucker 14y ago ↗ There clearly is a standardized way for Metro apps to do so, if the settings can be synched.Opening this method up to non-Metro apps shouldn't be _that_ hard.
[–] joenathan 14y ago ↗ As of right now there is no standardized way native Windows applications save or manage settings, trying to introduce this technology into the older platform probably isn't possible. [–] AndrewDucker 14y ago ↗ There clearly is a standardized way for Metro apps to do so, if the settings can be synched.Opening this method up to non-Metro apps shouldn't be _that_ hard.
[–] AndrewDucker 14y ago ↗ There clearly is a standardized way for Metro apps to do so, if the settings can be synched.Opening this method up to non-Metro apps shouldn't be _that_ hard.
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[ 1.6 ms ] story [ 19.0 ms ] threadShame they're not making that possibility available to non-Metro apps.
Opening this method up to non-Metro apps shouldn't be _that_ hard.