It has been a really busy November for me, however, the December release of Blacklight has arrived. This release contains tonnes of bug fixes, as well as some really cool new features. Check out the the new showcase here. Get the latest release code from here. Some of the new fully customisable...

What a week! Silverlight 2 is here - horray! This release really feels like it has come out of nowhere. First up - where to get the stuff... Uninstall the old Silverlight runtimes, Silverlight tools for VS, Silverlight SDK and Blend 2 (any CTP). Get VS2008 SP1 installed, if you havent already...

Hi all - great news, an updated version of the Patient Journey Demonstrator, the project I am currently working on, has been released. Check it out at http://www.mscui.net/PatientJourneyDemonstrator . In this release we fixed lots of bugs, as well as added some new features around capturing input...

UPDATE: Get the latest Dragging, docking, expanding panel code from Blacklight , our new CodePlex project! In Part 1 , we looked at how we construct a Dragging, docking, expanding panel, and added the ‘dragging’ functionality by placing the panel in a Canvas. In Part 2 we looked at the host panel...

UPDATE: Get the latest blog media player code from Blacklight , our new CodePlex project! I have been meaning to start video blogging (vlogging) for some time. I think you can get stuff across far more simply that way. However, I hadn't gotten around to building a simple video player for hosting on...

UPDATE: Get the latest Dragging, docking, expanding panel code from Blacklight , our new CodePlex project! In Part 1 , we looked at how we construct a Dragging, docking, expanding panel, and added the ‘dragging’ functionality by placing the panel in a Canvas. In this part, we are going to look at...

UPDATE: Get the latest Dragging, docking, expanding panel code from Blacklight , our new CodePlex project! NOTE: Part 2 and Part 3 now posted, with a demo of the final sample here . A control that we used in a number of places in the MSCUI Patient Journey Demonstrator was the dragging, docking...

UPDATE: Get the latest animating control code from Blacklight , our new CodePlex project! Whilst developing the MSCUI Patient Journey Demonstrator, we made use of animation in a number of places to show how the user interface is moving and adapting to the user tasks. Animation is a great tool for...

I have been fairly quiet for the last few months, and one of the reasons is that I have been working on a Silverlight 2 application, showcasing some future thinking for rich UI in the healthcare space. The Microsoft Health Common User Interface: Patient Journey Demonstrator is the result of work from...