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- "WPF/E" becomes Silverlight, struts its video side
- "WPF/E" becomes Silverlight, struts its video sideFlash Player numbersThis link has penetration #s for Flash Player. I'm pretty sure users with v7 can play FLV files.http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html98% of MachinesI read those statistics that flash player is on 98% of machines and just wanted to ask you if you have seen statistics...
- Tags: Corporate communications, C#, .NET, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, advertising industry, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, friction-free, video
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Web video battle royale: Adobe vs. Microsoft
- Web video battle royale: Adobe vs. MicrosoftActually Microsoft's Achille's heelFlash is cross-platform, Windows Media player is not. Silverlight presumably will not be either. This is likely to hurt takeup considerably.Flash will winMicrosoft by sticking everything under the sun into Windows has bloated their OS way beyond necessity. Also, Microsoft hasn't...
- Tags: Digital music, 64-bit, Operating systems, Digital media, Media players, Web, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Apple QuickTime, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Microsoft: Time to bring on the WPF/E dev tools
- Microsoft: Time to bring on the WPF/E dev toolsWPF/OWI really love the way MS has managed to get the meme established that "WPF/E" is anything other than MS support for their current installed base, plus a fig leaf for Apple. More like "Windows Presentation Foundation for Older versions of...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, tool, desktop computer, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, genuine competitor, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-19
- Tool for creating "WPF/E" apps on the horizon?
- Tool for creating "WPF/E" apps on the horizon?Other XAML ToolsMicrosoft isn’t the only company with XAML design tools for WPF and WPF/E. Check out the Aurora XAML Designer by Mobiform at http://www.mobiform.comRegardsRonExpression Session NoticeI noticed a WPF/E plugin running inside of Expression Web at Expression Session. I really hope it...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, tool
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Keep an eye on WPF/E
- Keep an eye on WPF/Evista for devsThe Windows Presentation Foundation seems extremely powerful. I don't personally work at the front of the tech wave, but try to stay informed. I've known WPF and WPF/e are very important for a long while. I have to admit I'm not sure of the...
- Tags: WPFe, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Web application, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- With their RIA tech, Microsoft could toast Google in the SaaS world
- With their RIA tech, Microsoft could toast Google in the SaaS worldDude, you've been on a roll this week!You have posted some great and thought provoking content this week and I have enjoyed the conversations a lot!Thanks,MarlonControlWell WPF, WPF/e and XBAP obviously exist for a reason - and they're probably...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, rich Internet application, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Google Inc., software-as-a-service
- Discussion threads 2007-02-23
- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with C
- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with Cless than a year is a disasterIf true, it is absolutely incredible that WPF/e is not shipping 1st time around with C#. I can't believe it will be that big a job for Adobe to add a vectorised markup to their products. What's going...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Programming languages, Andrew, XBAP, C, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, CLR support, CLR, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- No Flash or WPF/E in the Wal-Mart movie deal hurts customers
- No Flash or WPF/E in the Wal-Mart movie deal hurts customersDRM and WPF/EI think I read that WPF/E plans on supporting DRM in the first release. This isn't going to be easy as the WPF/E plugin will need to set-up a license database on non-windows platforms. It will...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., movie, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., digital-rights management, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, media, independent media, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Microsoft's 'Flash-killer' now supports Firefox on the Mac
- Microsoft's 'Flash-killer' now supports Firefox on the MacWPF/E Rich applicationThey are already in quite an advanced stage with some very nice demo apps http://www.vista.si/This will definitely be interesting...This will definitely be interesting because of how horrible Flash is on Macintosh. Adobe did buy Macromedia, so we can see if...
- Tags: Web browsers, Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Apple Macintosh, Macromedia Inc., Sun Solaris, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- "WPF/E" February CTP is live
- "WPF/E" February CTP is liveVista demo in WPF/ESome pretty sweet demos are coming with this releasehttp://www.vista.si/main.htm Slovenian
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, February CTP
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- Why WPF/E is a big deal: BBC on Flash Video
- Why WPF/E is a big deal: BBC on Flash VideoYou can't eat a promised sandwich[i]The only major unsolved mystery is how far will WPF/E go in allowing developers to build rich web applications.[/i]Well, that and whether it ever appears as anything other than slideware.With regulatory agencies breathing down their necks,...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Flash Video, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Corp., British Broadcasting Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-24
- Some clarifications on WPF/E from Scott Guthrie
- Some clarifications on WPF/E from Scott GuthrieClearly Microsoft is aiming at real developersAnd I think they are going to win the vast majority over.RE: Clearly Microsoft is aiming at real developersI think their workflow with these design/developer tools is pretty neat. Hopefully we get a chance to try out the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, real developer, developer, XAML, designer tool, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Corp., plug-in
- Discussion threads 2007-01-14
- 10 Predictions for Rich Internet Applications in 2007
- 10 Predictions for Rich Internet Applications in 2007JFC/Swing/SWTI am surprised to see that you didn't include Java...Message has been deleted.Written by MS PR firm?This reads like a MSFT PR press hit. Just like every other trend in the last 10 years, MSFT is behind the curve. Apple and...
- Tags: Programming languages, Web browsers, Web technology, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, rich Internet application, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Apollo, Java, desktop
- Discussion threads 2006-12-21
- Apollo hitting the big time
- Apollo hitting the big timeApollo is getting attentionJust a few months ago it seems I was one of the few talking up how cool Apollo was going to be. People could only think "Central 2.0". Now it's the talk of the town.WPF/E will be much better,As a developer, I need...
- Tags: AJAX, .NET, PRODUCTIVITY, Middleware, Microsoft Stack, Now IT, Apollo, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-16
- Universal Desktop Daily - Wednesday, December 7, 2006
- Universal Desktop Daily - Wednesday, December 7, 2006Save us from JavascriptI like the responses to the [url= http://tinyurl.com/yx9lfa]Mike Harsh blog post[/url]. It is nice that MS is allowing WPF/E apps to be manipulated by Javascript, etc. But there are a lot of developers who would simply like to place a...
- Tags: Scripting languages, OOA/OOD/OOP, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, scripting language, WPF/E app, JavaScript
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- Microsoft's designs on Adobe's turf
- Microsoft's designs on Adobe's turfThe question is, will these tools generate web pages that work with any OS?With the increasing percentage of people using alternative browsers on alternative platforms, almost nobody will use it unless it generates pages that work on FireFox and Safari.Visual Studio dropped Crystal ReportsThat is enough...
- Tags: CSS, Web browsers, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, FALSE ADVERTISING, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Web browser, Adobe Systems Inc., Linux, Crystal Reports, Apple Safari, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-04
- The coming RIA wars: A roundup of the Web's new face
- The coming RIA wars: A roundup of the Web's new faceVideo LinksThis video shows WPF/E running on a Mac by the WPF/E team. http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=193367The page also contains links to WPF/E running on mobile devices etc...More corrections[i]Interestingly, Microsoft is bringing its own Flash competitor to market that will run on other...
- Tags: Web, XML, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, E4X, rich Internet application
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- Microsoft, Google and control of the web
- Microsoft, Google and control of the webUse of Flash is discouraged...... by all the ads that detract from web pages. I would not be without a small free program on IE that turns off all Flash.If Adobe wants Flash to be used more widely, the company will have to...
- Tags: Desktops, Google Inc., Web, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Microsoft Corp., lock in, operating system, rich Internet application
- Discussion threads 2006-07-31
- Hints of support for WPF/E on Mac
- Hints of support for WPF/E on MacWiping Penguins From the Earth[i]WPF/E. Will they do a Linux version? They've said so, but it has been very vague.[/i]That's not the way I remember it. IIRC, their statement was more to the effect that if someone did a Linux version, MS would...
- Tags: Linux, Desktops, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- Wharton tracking the future of software
- Wharton tracking the future of softwareAdobe should remember[i]Two, they see Microsoft losing interest in this particular battle, which I don't buy. While Adobe may have everything to gain with nothing to lose, if you awaken the sleeping dragon that is Microsoft, it's a very different playing field.[/i]Adobe should keep in...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, software, distribution issue, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web site, Web
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
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