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- "WPF/E" becomes Silverlight, struts its video side
- At the NAB conference this morning, Microsoft is giving us a first glimpse at Silverlight, the artist formerly known as "WPF/E". Because the announcement comes from the NAB conference, but also because its one of Silverlights major strong points, Microsoft is talking a lot about video. I was briefed about...
- Tags: Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, WFP/E, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Silverlight
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- Why Rich Internet Applications are important for the browser
- At Ignite Seattle this evening I hung out with Ted Leung for a while and we chatted about Rich Internet Applications RIAs. Coming from the open source world, he always has a very interesting take on the RIA world and I always learn a ton from him. In this case,...
- Tags: XULRunner, XUL, WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, WFP/E, Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Applications, Flash, Experience, Dekoh
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Ray Ozzie on Adobe and software as a service
- Knowledge@Wharton just published an interview with Ray Ozzie in which he talks about Microsoft, software as a service, and a little bit on Adobe: In the docs and spreadsheets realm, I believe there are certain uses of spreadsheets in particular, where the sharing model [enabled by] using...
- Tags: WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Windows Presentation Foundation, WFP/E
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
- Microsoft Expression Blend release candidate now available
- This almost slipped off of my radar as I was checking feeds today, but according to the Expression Blog, Microsoft rolled out the release candidate version of Blend tonight. Blend is an interactive designer for creating XAML-based applications and is part of Microsofts Expression Studio. I havent heard...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., release-candidate, Microsoft Expression, WPF/E
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- The war for Ajax developers
- I think theres a war for Ajax developers and Im not sure the people involved realize it yet. I look at Ajax developers as the pioneers of the web. Like the heroes of the old west they combine a rugged ingenuity with a bit of crude willpower to make a...
- Tags: AJAX, AJAX Developers
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- Tool for creating "WPF/E" apps on the horizon?
- I always feel a odd bringing up shortcomings for products that are still very much in development like Apollo or "WPF/E", but one of the complaints Ive heard about WPF/E is the lack of a specific tool targeted at the XAML that WPF/E uses. Blend is a great tool for...
- Tags: WFP/E, Microsoft, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Expression Studio, Devigner Workflow, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- A list of Rich Internet Application Technologies for the Digg crowd
- This comment thread made me realize that there is still a lot of confusion about what the different RIA technologies do. Statements like "Flex is Adobes AJAX offering." or "Flex is like a weak version of WPF/E when it comes down to it." just show people havent quite grasped where...
- Tags: WFP/E, WPF, Expression Studio, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, .NET 3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation, OpenLaszlo, Apollo, Flex, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- With their RIA tech, Microsoft could toast Google in the SaaS world
- I have to hand it to Phil, he called me out and pwned me. He gave perfect examples of why data is not necessarily safer in the users hands than it would be with Google. I still think theres something to be said for knowing that Im responsible for my...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Google, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, .NET 3.0, Ajax, WFP/E, WPF
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with C# and CLR support
- Microsoft is talking about its Expression Studio product at the Future of Web Apps event in London and Tim Anderson had some interesting information from some of the folks working the Microsoft booth: A couple of notes on Microsoft, a newcomer to this conference and showing off...
- Tags: .NET 3.0, Expression Studio, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications, WFP/E, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- No Flash or WPF/E in the Wal-Mart movie deal hurts customers
- Wal-Mart splashed into the downloadable video world today by announcing that theyre selling digital copies of movies from ALL of the major studios on their new website. But the behemoth that is Wal-Mart decided to disregard cross platform entirely and only support Windows. Why do that when there is a...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe, Flash, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Rich Media, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., digital-rights management
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- Dx3 - A rock star Rich Internet Application conference
- I just got an email about the Dx3 conference, something Ive been following for a while. It now looks like its starting to take shape, so I wanted to make sure everyone knows about it. Dx3 stands for Design, Develop, and Deploy and it looks like its going to be...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Adobe, Flex, Experience, Flash, Apollo, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Design, Expression Studio, DX3
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- "WPF/E" February CTP is live
- I just got a note from Sean Alexander that the February CTP is live over at the Microsoft Download Center. Mike Harsh has a bit of info but it sounds like theyll be updating the "WPF/E" developer center to talk about the changes in this version tomorrow morning. According to...
- Tags: February CTP, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, WPF/E
- Blog posts 2007-01-31
- Apollo and Flex at DEMO and Expression Studio Betas
- Its been a busy day but there was a lot of interesting stuff. Brandon was the first to point out that Apollo was presented at DEMO you can bid on the shirt they used to demo the application. GigaOm did the live blogging and had this to say:...
- Tags: Adobe, Apollo, Expression Studio, Flash, Rich Internet Applications, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, WPF/E
- Blog posts 2007-01-31
- Why WPF/E is a big deal: BBC on Flash Video
- I caught this post by Stefan Richter about changes to the BBC website and how despite a lot of public comment, BBC chose not to use Flash Video for news stories. As Stephan notes, the reason seems to be that the cost to add Flash Video to their infrastructure was...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Flash, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Online Video, Flash Video
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Microsoft releases ASP.NET AJAX 1.0
- Today Microsoft released "Atlas" or what has become ASP.NET Ajax 1.0. Scott Guthrie has the big news and Mary Jo Foley here on ZDNet has some good information as always. You can go grab the framework on the ASP.NET AJAS website. So were finally seeing a release version of...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Ajax, ASP.NET AJAX, Microsoft ASP.NET
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Back to basics: Why Flex is the best option out there
- Its my birthday on Saturday and Ive always used that day for my "year in review". It seems more appropriate somehow than New Years maybe it just means Im really conceited . But as a result of something Im working on for my birthday, I went digging through some of...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Adobe, Flex, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere
- Blog posts 2007-01-17
- The role of the desktop in Rich Internet Applications
- Ive been thinking about what roles the web and the desktop play in the realm of Rich Internet Applications. I see a couple of big reasons RIAs have become much more popular in the past few months. One is that a good experience has become a primary requirement...
- Tags: Desktops, desktop, Web, RIA
- Blog posts 2007-01-15
- Is "Technology X" a desktop version of the .NET Framework for Mac?
- This "Technology X" thing on the About page of Mix 07 is killing me. I cant tell if its something big or something small that Ive already heard of. Mary Jo Foley solicited ideas for it and garnered a bunch of responses. WPF/E and WPF are already mentioned on that...
- Tags: .NET, Desktops, desktop, WPF/E, Microsoft .NET Framework, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2007-01-14
- Some clarifications on WPF/E from Scott Guthrie
- On Thursday Channel 9 posted a video with Scott Guthrie and Scott covered a wide array of topics including a bit about Expression and WPF/E. There was also some information that I hadnt ever heard before. Scott said that "2007 is going to be a pretty fun year from a...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Expression Studio, Mix07, WPF/E
- Blog posts 2007-01-14
- Universal Desktop Daily - Friday, January 05, 2007
- Hey, look at this, the first UDD of the new year. Im sorry Ive been slacking this week with these but Ive been swamped with work. I still have a lot of fun doing them so hopefully you enjoy a few of the links from time to time. ...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Flex, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Universal Desktop Daily, Rich Media, Mix07, WPF
- Blog posts 2007-01-05
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