Web Development Strategy @ Microsoft : ASP.NET / PHP / Silverlight / Java / UX

If you've been using WPF with layered windows to provide transparency [with the Windows.Transparency option set to true ], you may have noticed that the performance isn't what you might expect. A supported hotfix to the problem can now be downloaded. Read More...

The WPF APIs provide a FormattedText object that allows you to export its contents as a Geometry, which in turn allows you to generate its contents in the XAML Path Mini Language . Here's an example of a Web service that takes in the text, typeface, size Read More...

There have been lots of questions since MIX07 about a book on Silverlight. I'm working on one for MS Press, which is designed to be 1/3 ASP.NET, 1/3 AJAX and 1/3 Silverlight. It's intended to be an introduction to the Microsoft Stack for folks coming Read More...