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• Panoramic Deep Zoom -- Question of the Day -- Repost

  If you want to learn how to stitch diverse photos together into a panorama, and then turn it into a Deep Zoom application, it's actually very easy, and I've got the full details here: http://blogs.msdn.com/webnext/archive/2008/10/18/panoramic-deep-zoom... Posted Oct 19 2008, 08:20 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Web.NEXT, Architecture, Silverlight Book Errata

• If you care about Internationalizing your Silverlight Applications...

  del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight Technorati Tags: Silverlight You should really take a look at Justif-Josef Angel's blog, where he presents some brilliant work that he has done with Silverlight, in particular his work on supporting Right-To-Left languages... Posted Oct 27 2007, 01:32 PM by Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, silverlight, Web.NEXT, International, Architecture

• Zero to Hero: How to Check if Silverlight is installed.

  Technorati Tags: Silverlight del.icio.us Tags: Silverlight I've been getting lots of questions on how to check to see if Silverlight is already installed. This is actually very easy to do, but has somehow slipped through the cracks (I even missed... Posted Oct 24 2007, 07:43 PM by Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, silverlight, Web.NEXT, Architecture, ZERO HERO

• Silverlight and 3D

  I just stumbled across this excellent work in Silverlight and 3D. Another great example of how the power of the .NET framework behind Silverlight can empower the developer to drastically extend the runtime. http://www.dolittle.com/blogs/einar/archive... Posted Jun 14 2007, 06:32 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Web.NEXT, Architecture

• More Silverlight and Ink

  Some great stuff by Julie Lerman on her Blog, who got this up and running today despite her blog being under attack by forces unknown! http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/ In a famous ice cream store parlance: Like it! Love it! Gotta have it! :)...( read... Posted Jun 04 2007, 05:49 PM by Blogs Filed under: Web.NEXT, Architecture, Ink

• Silverlight: Convert Text to Path

  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... Posted May 22 2007, 06:07 PM by Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, silverlight, Web.NEXT, Unicode, Chinese, International, WPF, Architecture

• Silverlight: Using Text from Unsupported Fonts

  In Expression Blend you have the facility to convert text from a textblock into a XAML path. This then has no dependency on the original font, and the text will be rendered by Silverlight. So, for example here's Expression Blend with some text written... Posted May 21 2007, 03:00 PM by Blogs Filed under: Web.NEXT, Unicode, Chinese, International, Architecture