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• Pages in Silverlight

  Pages as a paradigm likely pre-date the web itself although they have been popularized by document-based markup languages deriving from SGML. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) with XAML further codifies Pages as a first-class UI element from its heretofore... Posted Jun 08 2008, 09:00 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation, Navigation

• WPF 3.5 SP1: Don't let the SP moniker fool you

  Yesterday the WPF team shipped some major horsepower features in the vastly understated preview Service Pack to .NET Framework 3.5. It is an exception to the rule for an SP release to have features, and not just bug fixes. In the mold of Windows XP SP2... Posted May 13 2008, 10:00 PM by Blogs Filed under: WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation

• nibbles: snack tutorials for hungry designers

  Celso Gomes has a new site up called nibbles : snack tutorials for hungry designers . In his words: The concept of nibbles is simple: snack tutorials for hungry designers. The tutorials will teach a few steps at a time, so they will be short and easy... Posted Jun 21 2007, 12:57 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation, Design, Expression Blend

• Outlook 2007 look and feel with WPF

  Ronnie Saurenmann, one of our architect evangelists in Switzerland, sent a link (via email) to a Hands-on Lab (HOL) on how to build an Outlook 2007 UI look and feel using Windows Presentation Foundation. He says this was done "90% in Blend and 10... Posted Jun 14 2007, 07:25 PM by Blogs Filed under: Windows Presentation Foundation, Outlook 2007

• Why is XAML case-sensitive?

  In short, because XAML is XML, and XML is case-sensitive. Rob Relyea, fellow program manager and owner of the XAML specification at Microsoft explains with details. Read More......( read more ) Posted Jun 14 2007, 07:18 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, XAML

• Microsoft Surface: What WPF Can Do For You

  Today Microsoft announced the Surface , a new line of consumer products that turn "an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, dynamic surface that provides effortless interaction with all forms of digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical... Posted May 30 2007, 12:55 PM by Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, WPF, Surface, PlayTable, Windows Presentation Foundation, windows vista