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BBC Silverlight Zoom and Wow
Apparently Radio 1's Big Weekend is a big thing in England, and to launch the festivities they've made The Big Zoomy Photo Thing a central piece of the action (as you may guess, this is Silverlight/Zoom incognito). (picture cropped to save room...
Will Silverlight Controls Become More WPF Like - A Personal Opinion
I was told when I joined Microsoft that I no longer had personal opinions about matters having to do with Microsoft software, and certainly not about Silverlight. As a "Blue Badge" I'm just exposed to too much confidential information to...
More on Routing and Bubbling
One of the readers of my earlier post on routing and bubbling was left confused about when events are bubbled and when they are not. The documentation is clearer about this in some places than in others. For example, the Mouse events documentation has...
Tip of the Day - Binding to a Collection
Source Code - Same as Yesterday The Tip of the Day doesn't usually carry on a related series of postings, but data binding is so important that I'm making an exception this weekend. Yesterday we looked at laying out a form using a grid holding...
Tip of the Day: How To Answer: Will This Work In Silverlight 2.0?
I'm beginning to receive a lot of email about what is coming in Silverlight 2.0. Today's was pretty typical, so I thought I'd post the questions and answers (without revealing anything specific about this writer's application), as a guide...
Did You Know That... you can create Silverlight objects programmatically?
In both Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 2.0 it is possible to create Silverlight objects programmatically, in the former using JavaScript and in the latter using, for example, C#. Creating objects programmatically in Silverlight 1.0 is non-trivial, as...
Am I over-emphasizing 1.0?
A developer wrote to me directly, and has given me permission to quote his email and my response. Since this is an issue I'm asked about every day, I will do so without editing, except (at his request) to mask his identity: First, thank you much for...
Should I commit to Silverlight 1.1 or Flex?
I recently received the following email (abridged and identity disguised) -----Original Message----- Importance: High The other side (FLEX) is developing very sophisticated apps. I mean for example Buzzword or Sliderocket.... My question: Will the Silverlight...