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- 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
- 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
- Keep an eye on WPF/E
- Theres been some buzz today on the web about WPF/E. Simon asks if Microsoft is screwing it up, while Robert talks about the future of .NET. WPF/E is a tough product. The codename was supposed to imply that it would be WPF everywhere, but when it was released, it was...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
- 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
- "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
- Rich Internet Applications are terrible at 'view source'
- Theres a good post over at Ajaxian about how more and more Ajax applications are taking steps to obfuscate their source code. The view source issue is, in my opinion, the greatest threat to steady adoption of Rich Internet Applications out there. I love Flash and Flex, and I...
- Tags: Ajax, Flash, Flex, Rich Internet Applications, WFP/E
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- "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
- 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
- Microsoft's Mix 07 registration opens
- I saw over on Cnet that Microsoft has opened registration for Mix 07. I think Mix is going to be a very, very solid conference. As the CNet article notes, this is Microsoft branching out and having a conversation with developers about their web technologies. The fact that Ray Ozzie...
- Tags: WPF/E, Mix07, Devigner Workflow, Expression Studio, Design, Ajax, Atlas, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2007-01-03
- Universal Desktop Daily - Friday, December 22, 2006
- Richard Leggett has an excellent breakdown of Flash and WPF/E. Well worth checking out Tony MacDonell adds two more good predictions to my earlier post about 10 predictions for RIAs in 2007. Marco asks whether Microsoft is betting on .NET or JavaScript and brings up the Sidebar and WPF/E....
- Tags: .NET, Scripting languages, Application servers, WPF/E
- Blog posts 2006-12-22
- 10 Predictions for Rich Internet Applications in 2007
- 2007 is going to be a huge year for Rich Internet Applications. Rich media is going to be in high demand and companies are going to see the economic benefits of building richer experiences than traditional web experiences allow. The explosion of video and multimedia on the web will continue...
- Tags: Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
- Universal Desktop Daily - Monday, December 18, 2006
- Mike Downey, who recently took a job as Senior Product Manager for Apollo, has a post about Ajax developers on Flash, Flex, and Apollo with some good quotes from people familiar with all of the technologies. Mike Chambers posted a video interview in which Christian Cantrell shows off some...
- Tags: Apollo, WPF/E, Smilebox
- Blog posts 2006-12-18
- Microsoft, Developers, Designers and Bill Gates
- I was lucky enough to be a part of the group that went to Microsoft yesterday to talk about everything from the Designer/Developer workflow to their new XNA initiative and it capped off with a Q&A session with Bill Gates himself. From Back Left: Mike Arrington, Evan Williams, Tim Harris,...
- Tags: WPF/E, Expression Studio, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Devigner Workflow, Design, .NET 3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Windows Presentation Foundation, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- Universal Desktop Daily - Monday, December 11, 2006
- Mike Downey blogged up a storm this weekend and has a bunch of interesting Flash-related posts that are worth checking out. Flash Panoramas is probably the coolest thing he mentions. Ted Patrick posted about the Top 10 Myths about Adobe Flex 2.0 and anyone who is looking at Flex...
- Tags: Tim Sneath, WPF/E, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2006-12-11
- Universal Desktop Daily - Thursday, December 7, 2006
- Update: Its Thursday today, not Wednesday. Im trying to squeeze extra days out of the week. Ive been remiss in my UDDs and while Ive been silent people building RIAs seem to have gotten much bigger spurred by the release of WPF/E on Monday. Its great to see...
- Tags: Ive, WPF/E, SAP, Universal Desktop Daily, Ajax, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Flash, Flex, Adobe, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2006-12-07
- First Look at Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere
- Microsoft is announcing two products today which are going to make them an even bigger force in the Rich Internet Application market space. If you think about some of the things that define the world of RIAs you come up with traits like cross-platform, designer/developer workflow, rich media and a...
- Tags: WPF/E, .NET 3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Experience, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
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