September, 2007

• SharpLogic are awesome and built us a great Quick App - they have 2 sites using it Demo & Pucklink.

Title	Status	Type	Impact	Update Date
Third Party DLLs	Closed	Issue	Low	Sep 11 at 4:26 PM
Remove the Component Art functionality	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 11 at 4:27 PM
Expression Encoder	Closed	Issue	Low	Tue at 6:27 PM
clip art license	Closed	Issue	Low	Sep 11 at 4:27 PM
Footer needs the fictitious flag and link to QuickApps home	Closed	Issue	Low	Sep 11 at 4:26 PM
README - Live ID Return URL	Closed	Issue	Low	Sep 11 at 4:26 PM
Privacy Statement	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 11 at 4:29 PM
HealthMonitor	Closed	Issue	Low	Sep 9 at 6:38 PM
Feature Idea - Add WAP support for mobile devices	Closed	Issue	Low	Today at 3:50 PM
Invite Friend needs please wait whilst loading contact control (When pre-authenticated)	Closed	Issue	Low	Today at 3:47 PM
Invite yourself using Contacts Control	Closed	Issue	Low	Today at 3:51 PM
Bulk import and associate using Contacts API	Closed	Feature	Low	Today at 3:52 PM
Wording: MyMedia should be My Photos | My Videos | My Music/Audio | My Places	Closed	Issue	Medium	Sep 18 at 3:31 PM
Lost sequence if not LiveID associated	Closed	Issue	Low	Tue at 6:39 PM
Send Selected contact + next is double handling	Closed	Feature	Low	Today at 3:53 PM
Wording: My Collections should be My Places	Closed	Issue	Low	Sep 11 at 4:15 PM
Signup process - make Alerts optional	Closed	Issue	Low	Sep 11 at 10:52 AM
SignUp - tell users they will be signed up to Alerts	Closed	Issue	Low	Tue at 6:27 PM
Error adding place to my Collections	Closed	Issue	High	Tue at 6:27 PM
Allow location picking from clicking on the Map	Closed	Feature	Low	Today at 3:55 PM
MSMQ	Closed	Issue	Medium	Sep 10 at 5:40 AM
More than one picture selected	Closed	Issue	Medium	Tue at 6:38 PM
Special characters not handled properly	Closed	Issue	Low	Tue at 6:35 PM
Send a Friend Request should send an alert	Closed	Feature	Low	Sep 10 at 5:28 PM
Solution requires VS08	Closed	Issue	Medium	Today at 3:57 PM
Security for the Message Queue	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 11 at 3:55 PM
Create the Readme as a Wiki	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 11 at 8:21 AM
Remove the Pearl from the top left corner	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 11 at 9:04 AM
Remove the clip art	Closed	Issue	High	Today at 3:57 PM
Rename the LiveDataChannel.htm to Channel.htm	Closed	Issue	Low	Sep 11 at 7:46 PM
Register page usability	Closed	Issue	Low	Sat at 6:35 PM
DB Creation Script Usability.	Closed	Feature	Low	Tue at 6:27 PM
Service Setup scripts feel clunky	Closed	Issue	Medium	Tue at 6:27 PM
TECH WHY: MSDTC	Closed	Issue	Low	Tue at 6:27 PM
Why is Apple Quicktime in the installation requirements?	Closed	Task	High	Tue at 6:27 PM
Silverlight application not rendering	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 11 at 1:14 AM
Change the Encoder Presets*.xml	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 11 at 3:58 PM
Location Search Hardcoded to NORTH AMERICA	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 11 at 3:59 PM
Preview.jpg not being generated after the updated XML files	Closed	Issue	High	Tue at 6:27 PM
Location Name is ambiguous and throws exceptions on certain names	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 16 at 2:52 AM
Cannot view datasets in designer mode - Item has already been added 'FillBy'	Closed	Issue	Low	Today at 3:59 PM
Invite via Windows Live requires user to sign in again	Closed	Issue	Medium	Sep 16 at 2:52 AM
The photos need to be downloaded instead of referencing the existing images	Closed	Issue	Medium	Today at 4:00 PM
Video Service fails to upload media to Silverlight Streaming	Closed	Issue	High	Sep 16 at 2:54 AM
Location should read actual address details rather than "Name" field	Closed	Issue	***Empty***	Today at 4:00 PM
Verify the "error handler" works for failed uploads.	Closed	Issue	***Empty***	Today at 4:01 PM
Null References after user deletes themselves	Closed	Issue	***Empty***	Today at 4:02 PM
Suggestion - Add actions to the Attendee's control (MetaGallery)	Closed	Feature	***Empty***	Today at 4:03 PM

 

I've blogged about this before, but its really cool so it deserves another moment in the spotlight.

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I added a Windows Live Alert to the RSS feed on the Windows Live Platform Quick Applications

Now when ever there is a:

• New Release
• Discussion thread updated
• Wiki Updated
• Issue / Task / Feature proposed/updated

I get an awesome little toast (see right).

Why not use email for this?

An email is sent as well, in fact, an SMS could be sent. Its all about cutting through the noise and getting near real time alerts via multiple channels.

I see changes in the Quick Apps community almost real time and I want to know more so I click the toast instantly.

Pretty neat eh?

The Windows Live ID Team Blog has posted a short entry on EV Certs.

The team @ ViaWindowsLive (a new Windows Live Community site, by the same creators as ViaVirtualEarth) have a few new good articles related to Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live (dev reference).

• Getting Started with Silverlight Streaming
• Creating and managing your Silverlight Streaming Account
• Creating applications for Silverlight Streaming
• Managing your Silverlight Streaming Applications
• Your video to Silverlight Streaming 101 (By Bronwen Zande)
  • This article gives a simple introduction to Silverlight Streaming that will allow you to turn your own video content into a Silverlight Streaming application ready for you to place on your website or blog.
    • Encoding your Video (using Expression Encoder)
    • Prepare your video (add the manifest file & cleanup output)
    • Upload your Silverlight Streaming application (via the Web UI)
    • Place the Silverlight Streaming Application on your Website (via Script or IFrame)
• Using Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live In Your Blog Posts and Websites (by ScottIsAFool) (this article was a cross post from is liveside article)
• Encoding
• Packaging
• Displaying

I've uploaded the new Quick App originally developed by the Ed Kaim and the rest of the crew at SharpLogic (enhanced/butchered by me) to the Windows Live Platform Quick Applications codeplex project.

This site is really big (internally we call it a Quick App++).

Why so big? we want to demonstrate some things which can't be demonstrated as easily as the previous Quick Apps.

Where can I see it running? 

• SharpLogic are hosting 2 implementations of this code base (one with branding the other without)
  • check them out at: http://adventureworksresorts.sharplogic.com/  and http://www.pucklink.com *note: these sites aren't affiliated with Microsoft.

What is in it from Windows Live?

• Live ID being associated with ASP.NET Profiles
• User Generated Video Content
  • Accepting file uploads
  • dropping the uploads onto a MSMQ Queue
  • automatically encoding using Expression Encoder
  • programmatically uploading to Silverlight Streaming
  • rendering the videos back from Silverlight Streaming
• Map Point Web Service
• Contacts Control
• Spaces Photo Control
• Windows Live Alerts

To access the code right now:

• either download it from the Source Code tab.
• request developer access to the project so you can log bugs & update code

What is the status of it?

• The code is complete but I won't add it to a codeplex release for a week or two just to make sure everything functions OK

What is the future?

• Hardening, Hardening, Hardening!
• Creating a branded instance with a UI which can be Shared under the MS-PL license

Find a bug?

• log an issue in codeplex.

Want to talk about it?

• use the codeplex discussions

Big Shout out to Daryll McDade (Microsoft US) for driving this project!

I saw this in the keynote @ reMIX Japan you should check it out.

I have setup a flickr tag for all the photos i'm taking at the event.

Why use flickr? I will be pushing these photos to my windows live space too but i want that horizontal slicing of photos so there is a community feeling :)

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Upload your photos to reMIXTokyo (my photos only)

Here is sunrise from my Hotel in Shinjuku @ about 5am (back to back conference calls 1am-9am)

Anyway - I'm in Tokyo (Shinjuku) - if you want to catch up to talk about Windows Live email me! angus dot logan at microsoft dot com - I'm here to talk with customers, partners, design agencies, big websites, little websites, mobile sites - anyone & everyone.

Email me! - angus dot logan at microsoft dot com

I didn't even know we had this functionality, it is very cool.

John from Aptovita just emailed me what he implemented for the community site ViaWindowsLive.com

At the bottom of each page there is a little flag for language selection

they then link out to the Windows Live(TM) Translator beta.

Move aside Scoble!

The most prolific blogger i've seen has written a great summary of one of the sessions Danny and I presented @ MIX UK on Windows Live Platform.

Read it here.