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• Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Is Here!

  Get it from http://silverlight.net/GetStarted , along with the developer tools, documentation and the June update to Blend 2.5. Lots of new goodies – as ever, Scott Guthrie’s blog has a comprehensive guide. I’m not going to try and compete with him today... Posted Jun 06 2008, 09:59 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, sample, silverlight 2, deepzoom

• A Great Early Silverlight 2 Showcase: TextGlow

  We're already starting to see some cool samples that use Silverlight 2 really effectively. Prior to MIX, we had a small private beta running to get some early feedback on the builds that we were producing, and a few folk made really good use of this... Posted Mar 06 2008, 12:40 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample, Mix08, silverlight 2.0, Office, ooxml

• Video.Show 1.0 Released to Web

  After three public preview releases, I'm proud to announce the final version of Video.Show , a ready-to-run solution for hosting video content on the web! You might be interested in Video.Show if: Your company or school wants to distribute e-learning... Posted Feb 11 2008, 05:26 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample, RIA, silverlight streaming, web

• Silverlight Christmas Cards

  Around the world, people are preparing to gather together to celebrate the holiday season, to give and receive gifts and to sing carols. This year sees the start of a new tradition that our children and our grandchildren will preserve and pass on: the... Posted Dec 18 2007, 08:20 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample

• Share Your Christmas Wishlist / Hatelist with Silverlight

  Here's a cool little Silverlight 1.0 application that our team (specifically Adam ) assisted with over the last week. In the run-up to Christmas, I'm sure a lot of us are told that we're "hard to buy for". Wouldn't it be nice... Posted Dec 10 2007, 02:09 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample, RIA

• Video.Show Update: 1.0 Release Candidate Now LIve

  You may be pleased to know that we've just updated Video.Show with a bunch of changes. The 1.0 Release Candidate build is now available for your downloading pleasure from Codeplex. If you haven't seen Video.Show before, I'd encourage you to... Posted Nov 30 2007, 04:56 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample, RIA, silverlight streaming

• Introducing Video.Show: A Silverlight Reference-quality Sample

  One of the favorite things about my job is being able to share really cool new content with you all, and so today is a good day to end the week on! Since we completed the Family.Show WPF reference sample, we've been working away in partnership with... Posted Nov 09 2007, 08:41 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, media, expression, Visual Studio, Orcas, sample, RIA, media encoder, silverlight streaming, Tools

• A Silverlight Greetings Card

  Thanks to Adam Kinney (again!) for this awesome Halloween greetings card, brought to you by Silverlight and Silverlight Streaming. The full source code can be found on Adam's blog . Read More......( read more ) Posted Oct 31 2007, 05:06 PM by Blogs Filed under: humor, silverlight, sample, silverlight streaming

• Optimizing the Silverlight Install Experience

  Adam Kinney wrote a good blog entry last week on the importance for site authors of considering the first-time experience of a visitor. I guess most readers of this blog have Silverlight installed today, but at least in these first months as we focus... Posted Oct 29 2007, 11:01 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample, tips, setup

• Has Obama Declared for Silverlight?

  As a great example of what you can do today with Silverlight 1.0, I thought I'd bring this sample application, developed by Novera Consulting, to everyone's attention. I first met up with these guys when they responded to my invitation to attend... Posted Oct 12 2007, 12:12 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample

• Updated Silverlight Samples and Yet More RC Bits

  Now that the API-complete RC releases of Silverlight have been out for a couple of weeks, most developers have moved their Silverlight-based applications over to the new build. Here's an updated list of 50+ samples and applications that run on the... Posted Aug 08 2007, 05:37 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample

• From A to Z... 50 Silverlight Applications

  It's great to see so many Silverlight-based widgets, samples, demos and applications appearing out there. I spent a happy hour this morning searching around the Internet for examples and samples, and thought I'd aggregate the fruits of my research... Posted Jul 07 2007, 02:11 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample