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In my previous post I briefly described the process of creating a large Deep Zoom image with Microsoft Image Composite Editor. This post is going to present the steps I took with ICE in a little bit more detail, just to show its power. As I mentioned...
Setting up the nativity scene for the Christmas holidays has been my family tradition going back way before I was born. Most figures are dated back to my grandparents era, while the others (mostly sheep) were gathered over the years. Each year, the scene...
If you followed me on Twitter you’d know about my latest little “ problem ”. I decided not to wait another month for my New Year’s resolutions, but start losing that extra weight right away. To help me keep my score, I created a little Silverlight app...
I’m sure Telligent will fully enable Silverlight parts into future Community Server releases, but until then, a couple of tricks are needed to make Silverlight play well with CS. The following points were made with Community Server 2008.5 release. Include...
We all knew it was coming. Although not so soon. Now it is here. Silverlight 2. Open your Visual Studio. Grab your trusty mouse. Download the bits . And Light Up the Web! [4MB download 10 seconds install] Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 introduced a lot of new features to support new technologies, adding some cool new designers to developer’s tool belt. On the other hand, support for some technologies was simply left out, leaving a some developers very unhappy. One...
While next release of WPF (3.5 SP1) won't yet align with Silverlight's " Parts & States Model " by not introducing VisualStateManager into its API, it's good to know that VSM is definitely coming to WPF. Even more, John...
Want to tune into 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games with Silverlight ? Not in the United States, you say? Well, tough luck ;) This IP restriction thing is getting sillier by the day... Isn't Internet supposed to be global? What happened to World Wide...
Corrina Barber posted a cool looking new skin for Silverlight controls, which indeed looks perfect for giving your application a sketchy appearance when in early stages of development. However, if you don't find the green color she used sketchy enough...
In my previous Silverlight post, I mentioned Silverlight 2.0 API now allows creating animations through code. While this wasn't possible with Silverlight 1.1 Alpha [you would have to create of piece of Xaml, declaring a storyboard with all animations...
As expected, a lot of stuff was shown and discussed on the MIX08 keynote today: eight - Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 ( download ): better standards compliance, backward compatible mode, faster faster JavaScript implementation, embedded debugging tools,...
Want to impress your loved one with a Valentine's card tomorrow? Why not sending her/him a Silverlight Valentines? Silverlight and Windows Live teams created this card template for you to modify it and share your love. The process only takes four...
Just a quick reminder: 1st European Silverlight Challenge is entering the finishing line. As announced , the competition ends next Monday, which still gives you plenty of time to polish your applications and give them some finishing touches. When ready...