Garage: Photos App sample and controls

re: Garage: Photos App sample and controls

Sean — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:24:18 GMT

I know this comment is quite a while after release, but I've run into a problem with the auto-import from a USB drive feature. I've been testing this feature with a Sandisk Cruze Micro, which has software that makes it use both the E and F drives. The E drive is dedicated for a Windows platform that allows the Cruze to run applications directly from the flash drive. However, this is also the drive that the Photos app looks in first. Once it finds that the correct directory is not in the E drive, the program fails out and does not look to the F drive to import images. Is there a workaround for this in the code-behind? I'm working on testing this with a flash drive that only uses one drive, but I was just curious about this problem as well.

re: Garage: Photos App sample and controls

DiscoStu_UK — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:14:09 GMT

Thanks for the app :)

I actually found this as I was searching for some microsoft examples with ScatterView.

I'm part of a team that is creating Surface (sorry I mean Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft pixelsense) in partnerships with musems in the UK. When we deployed our app in the wild - I was really dissappointed with performance of it - I'm also a game developer - so anything less than a solid 60fps is quite upsetting :) I've since had a look at a load of different performance improvements - e.g. Cached Composition and played with the WPF Performance Suite - but still no joy.

However, the performance issue I'm having is also present in your Photo App. Make an image large and drag it around the screen and hopefully you'll see what I mean. The frame-rate drops quite considerably.

Any pointers? I'm sure it's possible to exact some more performance out of this :)

re: Surface Garage: Photos App sample and controls

Patrick — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:42:15 GMT

Thanks for this app - much appreciated!

Any insight into what will happen with Surface and Surface SDK as Windows 8 nears release? Will there be a Surface 3.0, or will Surface be replaced by Windows 8? Will there be additional form factors, especially larger tables than the Samsung SUR40?

We are evaluating whether to invest on the Surface platform for specific markets but Microsoft has been very quiet about the platform. Any visibility, plans etc. would be appreciated.