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Michael Crump , find out more about Michael at his profile: http://www.silverlightshow.net/Profile/mbcrump.aspx And frankly, Silverlight 5 blogs are the highest numbers of any blog entries that I do, so there is interest in it.  I think it is time to pick up a positive tude about Silverlight! ...

What in the heck do you do to fix the “enableGPUAcceleration=true on your Silverlight plugin page.” Then you go to the ASPX or the HTML page and you see that both have the line: <param name="enableGPUAcceleration" value="true" /> So WTF. Now you might be frustrated, you...

If you have watched any of my videos, then being able to speed them up is a great idea, now if there was only a way to get rid of the ummmmmmmmms. How do you do that? Silverlight.NET Normally you would go to http://silverlight.net and expect to type in “TrickPlay” or MediaElement to get a search result...

Silverlight is dead, but Scott Guthrie on Dec. 2, 2010, not too long ago, stated the following and about the future of Silverlight: ”… [W}e do live in a very connected world now, and there are a lot of devices out there, and users demand and expect the richest possible experiences...

We all know that guy who is always gaming the system, it’s so irritating, you don’t quite know how he does it, and his career kind of sucks, but somehow he figures it out. Of course in software there are a lot of people who game the system, here is a clue: Software is about gaming the system...

As a technology evangelist I must make an unofficial statement: “I have no idea”. But I can look at history, which considering my advanced age, occurred during much of my life.  Excel: First produced to run on the Apple O/S, in fact many people bought Apple just to use Excel BASIC: Microsoft was...

I just reviewed this sample and it is really shows off Expression and Silverlight 5.  It is entirely possible that you could base an entire business off of this project by John Papa!  It shows how to implement the 3D features in Silverlight 5.  It provides a project that allows you to...

Wow! This is exciting isn’t it?  With just a few lines of XAML you can change the fill of a rectangle.  Oh I am just so excited! Using a few lines of XAML, on the phone, in Silverlight or in WPF, you can fill a rectangle using text that you type in a textbox! Here is the XAML, I added it to...

Silverlight Game Development for Windows Phone 7 (Part 1 of 6): System Setup and Tools http://bit.ly/wp7silverlightgame_pt1 Silverlight Game Development for Windows Phone 7 (Part 2 of 6): Game Core Concepts http://bit.ly/wp7silverlightgame_pt2 Silverlight Game Development for...

I would write a post with code, etc. except the numbers from those kinds of posts are usually poor.  It might be that my code based blogs are bad, but since search engines send most of my readers to the blog, it might be that people are looking for other things. So here are some blogs I have read...

I have just watched the video that I embedded here, and it is a great way to get started with Silverlight 5 beta.  In this video Pete Brown does a good, nay, excellent job of describing Implicit Data templates in Silverlight 5 Beta.  The code example is worth the download just for the good...

Frankly, I just want to create games. If the same process was used for word processing, every time I wanted to write a document, I would have to generate the code to support the document. I keep coming back to this subject, but here are some products: http://silverlightrpg.codeplex.com/ (if...

I admit it, I am a lazy programmer.  What can I say, if I find someone else that does a good job and let’s me copy their work, then that is a good day for me.  I can then modify it and change it into something that is more than I could do on my own.  It’s the way I do things.  Of...

Top Beta Features XAML Debugging with breakpoints for binding debugging Implicit data templates for easy UI reuse Double (and multi) click support GPU-accelerated XNA-compatible 3D and immediate-mode 2D API Low-latency sound effects and WAV support Real operating system windows and multi-display support...

What do you need to install or download for Silverlight 5 Beta?  First you are required to upgrade your Visual Studio Pro/Ultimate or Visual Studio Express 2010 to SP1, a good idea anyway, then you will need to install the Silverlight 5 SDK, Expression Blend for Silverlight 5, and so forth: Visual...