Thursday, September 2, 2010

Keep a low profile [LowProfileImageLoader helps the Windows Phone 7 UI thread stay responsive by loading images in the background]

Keep a low profile [LowProfileImageLoader helps the Windows Phone 7 UI thread stay responsive by loading images in the background]

Keep a low profile [LowProfileImageLoader helps the Windows Phone 7 UI thread stay responsive by loading images in the background]

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 12:40 PM PDT

When writing applications for small, resource-constrained scenarios, it's not always easy to balance the demands of an attractive UI with the requirements of fast, functional design. Ideally, coding things the natural way will "just work" (the so-called...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Blog Commenting Fixed

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 11:43 AM PDT

Ugh. Much to our chagrin, we discovered that the commenting functionality on this blog wasn't working. We just made some tweaks and commenting on this blog is working once again!...( read more )...(read more)

Applying Animations and States to your Silverlight Application

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

John Stockton demonstrates on Silverlight TV how to create animations for Silverlight using Storyboards in Expression Blend. He explores the roles that the storyboards, visual states, behaviors, keyframes, transforms, and easings play in animations. This...( read more )...(read more)

Session-State Modes

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 09:55 AM PDT

ASP.NET session state enables you to store and retrieve values for a user as the user navigates ASP.NET pages in a Web application. ASP.NET session state supports several different storage options for session data. Each option is identified by a value in the SessionStateMode enumeration. This topic describes the available session state modes.

The Future of the Web with Silverlight and HTML 5

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Lately there has been a lot of buzz speculating on the future of the web including HTML 5, Silverlight, and other web technologies. Brad Becker, Director of Product management at Microsoft, has posted some valuable insight into the value of Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

Charlotte Presentation: Creating M-V-VM Applications that are Tool-able

Posted: 02 Sep 2010 08:24 AM PDT

On 11 September I'll be in Charlotte, NC visiting the Charlotte Enterprise Developers GUILD family. Come and join us for the ½ day event on Creating M-V-VM Applications that are Tool-able, this link is also the registration link. Event is free;...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight, HTML5 and the future

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:34 PM PDT

The Silverlight team today posted some information about what the future holds for rich Internet apps and where we have come with SIlverlight, where we see HTML5 playing a role and how Silverlight will be a part of the future of this next evolution of Read More......(read more)

Silverlight Cream for September 01, 2010 -- #938

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:43 PM PDT

In this Issue: Anton Polimenov , Paul Patterson , Beth Massi ( -2- ), Derik Whittaker , Dinesh Sodani , jbaird , priozersk , Kyle McClellan ( -2- ), Dimitris - Ilias Gkanatsios , and Matthias Shapiro . Shoutouts: Koen Zwikstra amazingly enough has the...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight, HTML5 and the future

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 09:34 PM PDT

The Silverlight team today posted some information about what the future holds for rich Internet apps and where we have come with SIlverlight, where we see HTML5 playing a role and how Silverlight will be a part of the future of this next evolution of...( read more )...(read more)

Guidance on Making Silverlight Apps Accessible

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:48 PM PDT

Accessibility is about making your applications usable by people with limitations that prevent or impede the use of conventional user interfaces (UIs). Karl Erickson just wrote a QuickStart with a bunch of tips to help you make your apps more accessible...( read more )...(read more)

The Future of Silverlight

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:00 PM PDT

There's been a lot of discussion lately around web standards and HTML 5 in particular. People have been asking us how Silverlight fits into a future world where the <video> tag is available to developers. It's a fair question—and I'll provide...( read more )...(read more)
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