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Check WindowsClient.net for updates Some parts of the demos are not available yet in the current build - wait for the next beta Compatibility with Silverlight is important Same tools, designers, code, markup... This summer, .NET framework 3.5 service release Improved setup Fuill install available Also client-focused ~30MB install Parts of WCF Parts of LINQ WPF Deployment of application will be simplified MSI, ClickOnce, XBAP MSDN Reader demoed, looks really good. Source code is available Add-In framework demo HTTP requests, can access cookies in XBAPs and also standalone apps WCF support in XBAPs Lots of 3rd party controls available, check Brad Abrams blog New virtualization model "Recycling virtualization" Uses the same UI elements already created Faster than normal UI virtualization Turned off by default --> must be enabled in code Deferred scrolling enables moving the scrollbar but the UI only scrolls when the scrollbar is released Datagrid demo Won't be as powerful as 3rd party datagrids Read More...
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Robbie Ingebretsen: "This is a creative experiment" "We didn't always look into best practices" Talks about the Integrator role. Nathan Dunlap: "Designers should probably use Visual Studio more" "It's a great tool to dive into the code,check the SDK..." Snippets are distributed as a Snippet installer VSI file. Silverlight code snippets WPF code snippets By the way, check Dr WPF's snippets too! To access the Nerd snippets in the code, simply type "nerd". Displays the list of all snippets. Custom Control to display image sequences, provided for free. "ImageSequencer.cs" Propery SourceFolder, points tothe folder containing the sequence of images Snippet "Storyboard" allows to modify values of a storyboard from code. Snippet "Sound player" provides a lightweight way to play sounds. Value converters Provides a default implementation Creating a new custom panel WrapPanel in Silverlight DeepZoom snippet for Silverlight, looks pretty cool! Provides easy zooming into a DeepZoom prepared image. Get Read More...
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Expression Encoder 2 is now a standalone product, not part of Expression Media like before. Download it from the Microsoft Expression 2 website. Live encoding, events, etc... Smart recompression, for example if you just edit some of the video, only the cut will be recompressed. Animations in XAML can be burnt inside the video. Closed captions. Improved Silverlight players, including a video gallery player. More options for interlaced content. .NET object model. Demo New codecs Aspect ratio is easier to set up than in V1 Very cool new "green" video player. Partial rebuild, builds only what is needed (for example only markers in the header, etc...).Much faster than V1 Video player templates parameters Don't start the video when the page is loaded Download on demand of videos Change stretch mode of player (fixed size, fill page, etc...) Play button on the video. "Edit in Blend" feature. Edits a copy of the template. Save changes in Blend, they appear immediately into Encoder. WMV is pretty Read More...
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Some people actually run their apps on Mono on Windows. Miguel de Icaza "They want open source and sharing and that kind of commie stuff" Progression WPF/E at PDC: Cute WPF/E at Mix06: Still cute Silverlight 1.1at Mix07: Awesome "There was no conspiracy between Microsoft and Novell to destroy the web" :) Prototype implemented in 3 weeks, demoed at Remix07 France Microsoft is opening up open source efforts in the company (DLR...) opening up formats and protocols Novell to deliver a 100% compatible Moonlight and to support it on all major Linux distributions/platforms Microsoft to do the Media pack, regression test suites and complete specs This is an open source project so people can contribute if an implementation is not available for a given platform Based on Microsoft DLR (IronPython and IronRuby) Also run C# code on Mono Demo of the Halo3 trailer on a Linux box NB: Current version cannot display media Desklet application runs XAML (and code behind?) on the desktop. "I am thirsty and Read More...
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So last night was the last evening for many (but not for me since I am flying only tomorrow, ha ha), and there was a number of dinners and parties going on. I was lucky to be invited to a great dinner at Zeffirino's thrown by IdentityMine. These dinners are always wonderful occasions to meet and talk to the big players in the field of WPF and Silverlight, designers and developers mixed. Yesterday was not an exception to that rule, with Scott Guthrie, Miguel Icaza (of Moonlight and Mono), Grant Hinkson of Infragistics, Rob Relyea, Karsten Januzsewski (can't believe that I missed you, so sorry about that!), Ryan Stewart of Adobe, and many others that I was really pleased to meet. After that great time, I headed to the 40/40 club for the Together @ Mix party. It was a nice occasion to meet people from other regions than the US, including Switzerland (woo so many Swiss peopleare actually attending that conference), Belgium, Malaysia etc... At this party I ran into Francois Bochatay of Sobees Read More...
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Cynergy.Labs, cool concept of "no touch gesture", with a "pinch" gesture to manipulate objects Challenges with Touch-based interfaces It's ambiguous. You're never sure where the next "touch" is going to be. Dominant hand plays a role in tactile interfaces "Now we can detect the shadow of the finger and know where it will land" Voice is going to be the next big move in user interface "Having a developer and a designer in a room is like having a humidifier and a de-humidifier in the same room" :) Read More...
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Ballmer really knows his facts. First time I see him speak, I find him impressive. Better than last year's keynote with Ozzie, and I would even say better than 2006's keynote with Gates and O'Reilly Read More...
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Ballmer: "Silverlight for iPhone is interesting, we want to have Silverlight everywhere" Ballmer "But I am not sure that Apple will welcome a royaltie-free, open platform running on their phone" Ballmer "All the relevant applications we have on the web will move to Silverlight" Woman from the floor "I love it that there are no bathrooms line here" Q&A from the floor is really going well. Ballmer did the monkey for web developers :) Read More...
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Questions from the audience What about Adobe? Ballmer "Yeah, what about Adobe?" Adobe is a competitor for Silverlight with Flash and Flex Will remain an important company in the business for a long time We will look into supporting them well as an ISV Read More...
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Ballmer to Kawasaki "Get rid of that MacAir, we'll get you a real machine" Ballmer is a a very good mood today, and Kawasaki is a great interviewer! Kawasaki "It's a really different Microsoft today, not arrogant anymore, answer email faster than other companies, really helpful" Personal note: It's so true! Read More...
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Ballmer: "I love what we do" referring to Silverlight 2 . Ballmer has "3 kind of days. Ballmer expects "more than 60 emails tomorrow" after mentioning his email address a couple of times. Hilarious bit where Ballmer takes a MacAir in the hands and acts as if it's sooo damn heavy :) Read More...
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Ballmer to Kawasaki "Yes I can say Google". Ballmer "We are the underdog in the search business". Kawasaki "So for you is Apple just that little chihuahua that you kick away?" Ballmer "Underdog in the music business too, apple is doing a really good job there". Read More...
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The keynote is transmitted live at http://tinyurl.com/2x63xc Read More...
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Karen Corby NB: Code will be posted on Karen's blog User control, motivations Re-use Modularization Encapsulation Same concept as in WPF No more need for "InitializeFromXaml()", good news. The "XAML hook" is done for us by the framework KeyDown Event can now be handled on any component level, not just the application level like before Databinding in Silverlight, how much sweeter can it get. Can't wait to play with it... Wondering how well the MVVM pattern can be used in Silverlight. Oh yeah, flow layout is probably even sweeter than databinding. Accessibility of controls Keyboard tab, focus, directional navigation Screen reader support based on UIAutomation (check Mark Rideout's videos) Custom Control, motivations Separate the visual from the logic For default L&F add generic.xaml file set BuildAction to Resource remove CustomTool build action add ResourceDictionary with default L&F for the Custom control. Styling Tweek minor visual characteristics Major difference to WPF: Styles Read More...
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Oh my god, huge bug in the MIX08 matrix viewer. Shows that localization is really not as straightforward as some may think :) Tip for the developers: On a french culture PC, the date is written "05.03.2008" meaning 5th of March 2008. On a US culture PC, "03/05/2008" means the 5th of March. When you convert from one culture to the other, you really need to look into the CultureInfo class :) Kind of embarrassing for MSFT :) Read More...
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