Talk:Direct2D

Various
There are a few new APIs for Windows 7 including Direct2D, DirectWrite, and a new animation API. Some of this information might be merged or linked into the Windows 7 article. Direct2D has me somewhat interested, given the demos and facts I've read about it so far. Sysrpl (talk) 20:25, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

You've got to check this out: http://braid-game.com/news/?p=455. The second part is about Direct2D and the "quality" of its code. --193.190.253.144 (talk) 00:05, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I've recently installed the Windows 7 Beta SDK and have been experimenting with Direct2D in my Direct3D applications. Along with DirectWrite it simplifies text handling in my programs. Hexadecimal (talk) 21:34, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Direct/Retained Mode
We say: " unlike Direct3D and WPF and similarly to GDI/GDI+, Direct2D is an "immediate mode" rendering API". However, I'm pretty sure Direct3D is an immediate mode API these days too (just like OpenGL is). We even say so on the Direct3D page. Multi io (talk) 12:17, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

List of KB articles
Please do not add lists of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. Wikipedia is not a guide for security updates and bug fixes which are rountinely released every week. --Dmitry (talk•contibs) 20:50, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

RFC: KB articles
Should Direct2D entry contain a detailed list of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles relating to security updates and bug-fixes? --Dmitry (talk•contibs) 15:11, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Survey

 * Oppose. Wikipedia is not a how-to guide or a usage manual. --Dmitry (talk•contibs) 15:11, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * oppose per WP:NOTHOWTO.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 18:11, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose Hm. I got a similar RFC for Directwrite; I see nothing different about this one. As I said then, I don't feel strongly about a certain amount of how-to listing and guidance; If a user accidentally picks up a bit of vital knowledge from WP when he is stuck, it seems just possible that the other pillars of WP might take up the strain. But it is unencyclopaedic to document the use of commercial software; it is volatile, the relevant material is on the web anyway, FREE yet, and maintaining it is a full time job for a team. Anything documented here is soon out of date and becomes more of a hindrance to the user and a humiliation to WP, than an asset to anyone at all -- Microsoft won't be a bit grateful, for one! I reckon that an article such as this one justifies no more than a lede and a reference or two to MS or possibly an independent forum, if that. JonRichfield (talk) 06:56, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. Tiggerjay (talk) 09:19, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Discussion
Example edits by anonymous users:   --Dmitry (talk•contibs) 15:11, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Followup
I generally agree to not including every KB stuff out there that mentions Direct2D, but the platform update (which was added in the 1st diff) even has a section in the main article on Win7: Windows 7. So unless you propose to delete that too, it should probably be mentioned here because it mostly concerned the visual parts. There are some detailed posts on the net about changes (to Direct2D) from independent developers e.g.. JMP EAX (talk) 20:33, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Why outdated?
This seems to have been marked outdated with no explanatory comment -- is the marker aware of some info that would make this article obsolete? If not I think it should be removed. I'm using this API right now and nothing in the docs I've come across indicates it is deprecated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.117.89 (talk) 01:54, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I've removed the tag. This wiki article is pretty basic, but I don't think that the additions to Direct2D like those from Windows 8.1 are significant enough to warrant a mention [at the overview/high-level coverage we're currently providing] so their lack of mention here doesn't seem to deserve a tag. JMP EAX (talk) 09:17, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok it was actually out of date because it made no mention of TIR. But I've now fixed that. JMP EAX (talk) 20:23, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * And version 1.1 was not mentioned either probably because it was deleted in the righteous fury against MS KB spam above. JMP EAX (talk) 20:46, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Firefox
I still can't quite figure out what the history and even current situation with that is. As of 2012 appeared to default to Direct2D, but not to DirectWrite. JMP EAX (talk) 01:08, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

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