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- Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere info starting to trickle out
- Ill have a lot more information on Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (WPF/E) coming up on Monday, but it looks like David Boschman has some links on his blog. Including a link to the new WPF/E page on MSDN. via John Dowdell. It looks like the download is unavailable, but...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Avalon, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, .NET 3.0, WPF/E
- Blog posts 2006-12-02
- The beginning of an era - Windows Presentation Foundation ships
- The .NET Framework 3.0 has been released which means that Windows Presentation Foundation is now fully available as a development platform for Rich Internet Applications. The .NET Framework blog has a list of the various downloads. If you use Vista when it comes out, the .NET Framework 3...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Avalon, Windows Presentation Foundation, .NET 3.0
- Blog posts 2006-11-07
- Introduction to Avalon (Windows Presentation Foundation)
- This paper describes some important features related to this new technology that will change the way of thinking about graphics. AVALON is an engine that paints pixels on the screen. It's a tool that is used to generate graphics, animations, shapes, combining 2D with 3D very easy. This paper gives...
- Tags: Introduction, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Graphics, Avalon, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-06-01
- XML Data Binding Using Data Templates in XAML
- Avalon provides a number of conveniences in terms of accessing and binding external data sources. This paper explains how one can bind and display XML data using a data template in XAML. For ease of demonstration, the XML is defined as a resource within the XAML document. This technique is...
- Tags: XAML, XML-Data, Avalon
- White papers 2005-12-10
- XAML Layout Using the Panel Class
- Avalon provides a number of options to achieve complex layouts. The framework supports an integrated set of components as part of a single, flexible layout model that has been optimized for content presentation. This paper describes how to use the DockPanel element to achieve standard layouts in XAML. While there...
- Tags: XAML, Layout, Framework, Avalon
- White papers 2005-12-10
- Images: A look inside Windows Vista beta
- Images: A look inside Windows Vista betaAvalon has nothing to do with this"Vista's new graphics engine, Avalon, allows detailed thumbnail views of all media files, eliminating the need to guess."Avalon has nothing to do with this thumbnail view screen. Avalon isn't even installed by default with Vista Beta 1!Plus,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), .NET, XAML, Avalon, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-08-19
- Why you'll join the Longhorn evolution
- Molly Wood, senior editor of CNET.com, recently asked why people would bother to upgrade to Longhorn when Avalon and Indigo will be available to WinXP/2003 users, and WinFS has been deferred entirely. In her article, she concludes that "Windows is weak," leaving the door open for competitors to eat Microsoft's...
- Tags: Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2005-04-28
- Why you'll join the Longhorn evolution
- Molly Wood, senior editor of CNET.com, recently asked why people would bother to upgrade to Longhorn when Avalon and Indigo will be available to WinXP/2003 users, and WinFS has been deferred entirely. In her article, she concludes that "Windows is weak," leaving the door open for competitors to eat Microsoft's...
- Tags: Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2005-04-28
- Longhorn's new graphics system under scrutiny
- Avalon, the new graphics sub-system that Microsoft plans to include in its upcoming Longhorn operating system, lets developers mix 3-D features into designs by simply including them in the markup along with the rest of the user interface. To some, like Microsoft tech evangelist Karsten Januszewski, Avalon holds a lot...
- Tags: Avalon
- Blog posts 2005-04-14
- Can Indigo keep thin clients at bay?
- Can Indigo keep thin clients at bay?Answer is noAlthough the thin client didn't make headway a few years ago, I believe that EVERY SINGLE IT MANAGER is waiting with baited breath for a thin client solution. Years ago, these managers didn't know anything about thin clients (they have been around...
- Tags: Thin clients, thin client, Microsoft Corp., Avalon
- Discussion threads 2005-03-17
- Microsoft previews Avalon graphics engine
- Microsoft previews Avalon graphics engineAin't Done YetIt sounds like this won't be ready for some time to come. Id be willing to bet we will see the first of it in the 2006-2007 timeframe.As a non developer....why would i install this "preview"? not slamming just curious.- SamMicrosoft previews Avalon...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Avalon, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-01-14
- Microsoft gives developers a glimpse of Avalon
- Microsoft gives developers a glimpse of AvalonPlease helpI don't understand. Does anyone with inside knowledge have an idea as to why Avalon will be such a slow beast on today's hardware when from what I have learned thus far it will be doing basically the same thing as that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Avalon, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 4
- Discussion threads 2004-11-19
Additional Resources
- More iPhone 3G observations
- After almost a week with the new iPhone 3G I have some additional thoughts that I wanted to share on my experiences: As I previously mentioned, AT&T's 3G coverage is completely non-existent in my area, despite AT&T's coverage viewer claiming that I'm blanketed in 100 percent 3G....
- Tags: 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Wireless, Apple iPhone
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Adobe merging desktop and web with Acrobat 9 and Acrobat.com
- Adobe merging desktop and web with Acrobat 9 and Acrobat.comAdobe puts the smackdown to the Microsoft CloudThis certainly looks very good. The interface is immediately refreshing from anything that is Brand M. I went to the site and the 'feel' is very nice. The uncluttered look is one I find...
- Tags: Channel management, Microsoft Windows, Terminal services, Desktops, Web browsers, Adobe Acrobat, doc, Adobe Systems Inc., ISV, Web, desktop, Microsoft Windows Terminal Server
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Avalomhilly (zip)
- You use this Program as an aide to your war gaming. Its 2500x2500 pixel tabletop, you provide the artwork for the board, it has chits you also provide the Art also Modules exist, you can download them. It has Cards, and Dice. Its an attempt at bringing Avalon Hill type...
- Tags: eBay Inc., Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law
- Software downloads 2008-05-30
- Avalon SQL Editor (zip)
- Avalon SQL Editor is a platform-independent low-cost tool, designed for database developers. Currently, it supports: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, HSQLDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, Firebird, and Derby. Supported features Database objects tables tree with their properties shown SQL Editor with syntax highlighting, code completion, word casing. Result Pane with export. Version...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Avalon Team, Avalon SQL Editor, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-03-14
- Avalon (zip)
- Welcome to the island of luxury. Scattered throughout the island of Avalon are enormous amounts of riches and you must collect them and place them in your treasure house. But it's not that simple! First you must find groups of similar gems and click to gather them. The bigger the...
- Tags: Island
- Software downloads 2008-02-08
- Microsoft Patent App would add "trust system" to some cut-and-paste operations
- There's a newly published Microsoft Patent application that - at least the way I read it- seems to both alter and add significant options to the way in which cut-and-paste is performed between various Windows-compatible documents and utilities. That's not to say you...
- Tags: Word-processing, Application, Document, Portion, Paste, Managed Code, Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Copy, Logic, Determination, FIG, Managed Code Environment, Word-processing Application, Application Domain, Internet, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-31
- Google's iPhone killer?
- Google's iPhone killer?I like Google's interface better than iPhone.When it comes to scrolling through files, I really like it, but it'd be nice if it had a reflective look from Apple's "Cover Flow."Plus, playing 3D games like Quake is aaawwweeesssooommme! *two thumbs up!*I wish my Pocket PC PPC6700 can do...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, Google iPhone, Google Inc., mobile
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Leopards and development platform strategies
- As any self-respecting geeks already knows (well, at least those who a) use Macs or b) keep up to date on technology news), Leopard, a.k.a. Mac OS X 10.5, the latest update to Apple's Mac OS operating system, was released this past weekend, and appears to have done quite well....
- Tags: Strategy, Apple Inc., Leopard, Siracusa, Objective-C, Objective-C Runtime, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
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