See Windows Presentation Foundation.
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- Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?
- The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?
- Microsoft is adding more and more WPF features to Silverlight and vice versa. But there is a downside to this strategy: By adding technologies like COM support to Silverlight, Microsoft is doing damage to its story that Silverlight is a cross-platform browser plug-in that supports Windows, Mac -- and, thanks...
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- Google Image Swirl: Looks neat, but useless
- I have a problem with things like Google Image Swirl. Not the offering itself, just the strange notion that somehow cool design equals usefulness. There are tons of examples floating around that have the exact same problem -- things like Bing's "Visual Search". I'm the...
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- Adobe releases Flash, AIR betas; Gauging the potential of multi-touch on the desktop
- Not surprising ....Not surprising, considering, Silverlight already supports multi-touch, as does WPF.Silverlight has potential......but platform availability is a factor. MS need to improve that greatly if they want to take a bite out of Flash's share.Rather, catch up[i]Adobe?s platform is appealing, but it?s in a race to stay ahead...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Visifire 2.3.2 (Windows)
- Visifire gives you a set of open source data visualization components that are powered by Microsoft Silverlight and WPF. With Visifire you can create and embed visually stunning animated Silverlight Charts within minutes. Visifire is easy to use and independent of the server side technology. It can be used with...
- Software downloads 2009-11-14
- Counting vulnerabilities is pointless
- Suddenly it doesn't matter any more? Vulnerability count is an indication of software qualityIt goes directly to the process the vendor went through to root out vulnerabilities before shipping. At least if you compare products with the same general purpose and which receives the same amount of scrutiny.Time to fix...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less
- Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-01
- A visit to Microsoft's first store
- I missed an explanation as to why...I should shop there."Three rows of tables displayed hardware from Dell, HP, Sony and Lenovo."The big chains sell those already. Why would I go to a Windows store to buy Dells, HPs, Sonys and Lenovos, when there are several sources for those same computers...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on
- RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- When will Microsoft's Live Mesh matter?
- I consider live Mesh to be one of the killer apps...... on my Windows Mobile phone. That explains a lot there. If Microsoft can't get Windows Mobile straight, what hope is there for ancillary services?it is oddIt's bizarre that they haven't used it in other ways. I love it...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Mozilla UX chief: What's next for Mozilla, Firefox and the Web
- IE team had been laid off?!Is that what Raskin said, or you? Wherever did he or you get that idea? AFAIK they got combined with the User/GDI folks to become the Avalon WPF team. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Michael-Wallent-Advent-and-Evolution-of-WPF/RE: Mozilla UX chief: What's next for Mozilla, Firefox and the Web4 years...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- .NET SAML2 Component for C#,VB,ASP.NET 2.0 (Windows)
- NetXtreme SAML2 is a .NET library with the capability to produce Adobe SAML2 files. It features a full-fledged object model for the easy creation of SAML2 files from any .NET language, providing complete control over the positioning of the elements in a SAML2 document. It does not use any external...
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- .NET SAML Suite for C#,VB.NET,ASP.NET Vol4 (Windows)
- NetXtreme SAML2 is a .NET library with the capability to produce Adobe SAML2 files. It features a full-fledged object model for the easy creation of SAML2 files from any .NET language, providing complete control over the positioning of the elements in a SAML2 document. It does not use any external...
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- .NET PDF Component for C#,VB,ASP.NET 2.0 (Windows)
- NetXtreme PDF is a .NET library with the capability to produce Adobe PDF files. It features a full-fledged object model for the easy creation of PDF files from any .NET language, providing complete control over the positioning of the elements in a PDF document. It does not use any external...
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- Microsoft makes Web development tools available for free
- right...'free tools' that cost you arm and leg when you realized you just missed a small component not included in the 'stack'...kind of like getting a free car with no wheels.RE: Microsoft makes Web development tools available for freeFor example? What would one of those components be?Give an ExampleWhat...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Zoho's Next Big Thing
- Moving the Point of AssemblyKudos to Zoho. Their efforts remind me of the early days of the Microsoft Productivity Environment where core MSOffice editors expanded their reach through DDE, OLE, rich copy/paste, data binding, merged content and data, VBA scripting and the infamous recorder, and a developer API that...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- PowerShell Help Reader 1.1 (Windows)
- The PowerShell Help Reader is a WPF-based extensible Viewer for Microsoft Windows PowerShell Help System. Simple MSDN-like User Interface provides fast and easy way to learn, explore and find help information.
- Software downloads 2009-09-17
- MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF 1.0 (Windows)
- MindFusion.Scheduling is a calendar and scheduling component for WPF. The control supports yearly, monthly, weekly and daily schedule views. Each view provides a distinct layout of the time cells and can display events such as appointments and meetings. The timetable view displays a day's schedule where the columns represent dates,...
- Software downloads 2009-09-16
- Microsoft screwing themselves while they try to screw Google
- It turns out Microsoft has been busy holding weekly "Screw Google" meetings, trying to figure out how to throw roadblocks in front of Google as they continue to dominate the search arena. It's easy for me to say, but doesn't it make a lot more sense to spend millions...
- Blog posts 2009-08-29
- MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: Composite Application Development (Level 200)
- The presenter of this webcast discusses composite application development in Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation WPF. The presenter covers the Silverlight Designer/Developer workflow, tooling, design patterns, anti-practices, and working with distributed teams.
- Webcasts 2009-08-19
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