Hi everyone!
I am completely new to Tribler, having just recently heard about it. I was wondering, if the community would be open to a UWP port of Tribler. I believe the new Windows 10 additions to the Windows Runtime allow for a full fledged implementation of Tribler without any limitations. With just 1 implementation, the community could obtain a Windows Store version compatible with Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 for IoT.
Being somewhat disillusioned by the way Torrex uses the Windows Runtime, I thought of writing my first Windows Store App to be a UWP Torrent client with a decent XAML-based UI. libTorrent building atop other libraries that are not WinRT compatible, I would’ve had to implement a torrent library for myself. Since the protocol is documented, it wouldn’t have been too big of a job. (Yes, a lot of work, but pretty straightforward.)
When I encountered Tribler, I thought to myself: why not jump to the next generation of torrent, and write a Tribler client in WinRT? I would be willing to take part in the implementation keeping it as a low-priority task beside my PhD, but I am much interested in gaining experience with C++/CX, XAML, as I have already fooled around with these MS techs.