Dan Crevier's Blog : Max

So long, Microsoft Max

dancre — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:38:46 GMT

The Microsoft Max project has ended. The website says it best:

Thank you for participating in the beta of Microsoft Codename Max. Over the next week, we will be shutting down the Max services and our team forums.
Over the past year, you’ve sent us tons of fantastic feedback that we’ve incorporated not only into Max, but into the platform layer with the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.
If you’re interested in seeing where we go with these ideas, keep your eye on Windows Live. We look forward to delighting you in the future!
Sincerely,
The Max Team

We learned a lot working on Max and it was a lot of fun. I'll blog more about what I'm working on next when I have something interesting to say.

Max feedback on TechCrunch

dancre — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:13:58 GMT

There's a TechCrunch article on Max's RSS reading here. I'm glad to see people like it. While the newspaper-like view isn't perfect for all feeds, I think it works really well.

One piece of feedback that was in the comments is that it doens't tie into the IE 7 feed list. That's definitely something we've thought about. I would love it if it did.

A new version of Max is live!

dancre — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:16:45 GMT

You can now download a new version of Microsoft Max! It's on .Net Framework 3.0 RC1. We're not on some ancient WinFx version this time! Unfortunately, Vista isn't officially supported at this time. There was a lot of work under the hood to improve scalability and responsiveness. You can also add arbitrary RSS feeds to the news reading now. Enjoy!

New version of Max available with News support

dancre — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:39:00 GMT

A new version of Max is now available for download with support for reading MSN newsbot among other new features. We've finally moved on from the September CTP of WinFX that was running on a beta version of the CLR. We now work with the December or January CTP. Unfortunately, we aren't on the February CTP yet. We'd love to hear any feedback on the new features we've added.

New version of Max is available!

dancre — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:21:00 GMT

A new version of Max is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/max. One of the main new features is support for ink annotations on photos. This is best on a Tablet PC, but you can also use the mouse on a non-Tablet PC. It's pretty fun! It's a feature I worked on, so I'd be happy to blog about any of the particulars of how it works if there is interest.

Feedback on Max

dancre — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:22:00 GMT

It's great seeing feedback on Max - we really want to hear what you think works well, and what doesn't. The best place to send feedback is on our blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/max/. There's also some good feedback at http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=30384&category=main and http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=114722.

PDC talk on how Max works

dancre — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:06:00 GMT

On Thursday, Walter Smith and I will be giving a presentation at the PDC about how our team built Max. It's at 1pm in Hall C/D. There will also be members of our team at the presentation lounges in the "big room". Come find us!

Max now available!

dancre — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:52:00 GMT

The cat's out of the bag. Hillel just showed us on stage. Check out http://www.microsoft.com/max.

Backstage at the PDC keynote

dancre — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:25:00 GMT

Lots of exciting stuff being announced today, and Hillel will be talking about what I've been working on soon. Stay tuned!