Take the 2-minute tour ×  I just installed visio, and the
installer almost seemed like it was built in flash. The buttons
kinda glowed when I hovered over them, and when I clicked on
'continue' the form phased out in a cool way.  I'm assuming it
was built in WPF.  Anyhow, so are WPF more flash-like (visually
speaking). Do they have new properties where you can make forms
phase out nicely/smoothly compared to winforms?  share|improve
this question  4 Answers 4  Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft.
However, I don't work on Visio, WPF, CLR or Silverlight team.
So, the following is my personal take on these technologies. If
you want to quote me, don't do it implying it's the official
Microsoft position. :-))  Update: Anything I say below about
Flash/Flex/AIR might be wrong, as I have not worked with these
technologies and what I know about them is based on what I read
on the intertubes. :-) If you notice anything wrong, just shout
in the comment and I'll correct it.  To the best of my
knowledge, the Visio installer