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Did you know that computers are useless? They only give you answers. (P.Picaso)

December 2006 - Posts

Getting ready for the new year with a refreshed "WPF/E" SDK
Our SDK team just announced that the "WPF/E" SDK was refreshed today on the "WPF/E" Dev Center and MSDN Library. The WPF/E SDK refresh includes: - Updated SDK docs - Updated QuickStart (which uses "WPF/E" for navigation!) - Visual Studio Template support Read More...
Season's greetings from the "WPF/E" team
Hello Readers, With the spirit of the holidays, some designers we work with have created some nice greeting cards using "WPF/E". The first card I want to share with you is this one by Michael Höhn from Futurecom in Switzerland: This card is customizable Read More...
The hidden secret of the "WPF/E" SDK - QuickStart
Readers, I wanted to share somethign that many designers and developers miss when they install the “WPF/E” CTP SDK Download" . It is the Quickstart. The Quickstart is a step by step guide to "WPF/E" that uses very simple live examples. Try it out. Let Read More...
Refugee in Seattle that enjoys what the community is doing...
Readers, It has been almost a week since a big wind storm hit the pacific northwest and my family is staying in an alternative house since our house is still without power (with sub freezing night tempratures). At least no trees ended on our roof. Well, Read More...
With "WPF/E" embedding video in HTML is easy.
I would like to thank Chandu Thota for this code. THis is a common scenario where you want to point to an external video. Chandu wrote the following IFRAMed code that does that: <iframe frameborder=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 scrolling=no height=330px Read More...
You thought you knew how to show video playback. Watch this.
Readers, Video playback on the web does not have to be boring. Check out this new implementation from the Channel 9 team. It plays, it resizes, it animates it entertains and it's a live Read More...
Yes it works on the mac too!
Just a quick note to remind you that "WPF/E" is indeed a cross platform presentation technology. Look at the screenshots of the http://channel9.msdn.com/playground/wpfe/Sprawl/default.html samples on Firefox, Mac and IE7 (yes it also works also on IE6 Read More...
Excitement is in the air - "WPF/E" is finally here (well at least a CTP)
Comrades, It is an exciting day for me as today we release the first community technology preview of "WPF/E". “WPF/E” (codename) is Microsoft's solution for delivering rich, cross-platform, interactive experiences including animation, graphics, audio, Read More...
A little about me - Dec 1st 2006
Hello readers. My name is Barak Cohen and I am the Product Manager of "WPF/E" (codename). I have been in Microsoft for 5 years (wow) and am excited to have the opportunity to work on something that will have such an impact on Microsoft's customers in Read More...
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