planaria

We're considering revamping the GUI to a Windows app that was written
with Win32 (not MFC).

We're considering: Windows Forms, MFC, Qt (from Trolltech), and now Aero.

Have I got this correct? Is Aero a new GUI framework for Vista or
simply the new laf. Will legacy MFC apps be able to take advantage of
the new laf?

Questions:
1. Is Aero a new GUI framework or not?

2. If yes, will it be backward compatible on older versions of Windows
(i.e. will there be some runtime set of dlls that can be distributed to
run on XP, etc.)

3. Are there any good "official" links on this?


Thanks in advance,
Mark
mark_at_arguslab_dot_com