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• Shipping and Shopping

  Its been a long time since I have blogged but now Robby’s nerd+art website has got me jazzed about doing some silverlight work…im working on a DesignersLoveSilverlight section to my blog.   I’ve been busy with lots of WPF client development as usual... Posted Jul 21 2008, 11:26 AM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• PI Reader available in Subscription Center Beta

  You would probably only know this if you had installed the Syndicated Client Experiences starter kit or recently downloaded the latest version of the Seattle PI Reader but now the two are integrated. Now that there is more than just the MSDN Reader in... Posted Feb 22 2008, 10:16 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: Rich Client Applications, WPF, News, Reading

• "you do not need to change any code nor recompile your apps to take advantage of these improvements" –ScottGu

  I do love hearing things like that… Especially in the context of what’s on the roadmap for WPF in the future. DataGrid, HW accelerated DropShadow and Blur, better Media and Video support, WriteableBitmap and more. Posted Feb 19 2008, 01:54 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• .NET Framework Library Source Code

  Wow its out… Check out scotts post! http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/16/net-framework-library-source-code-now-available.aspx Posted Jan 16 2008, 05:48 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• SCE Starter Kit available!

  http://windowsclient.net/wpf/starter-kits/sce.aspx Pretty exciting news! Congrats to all involved.. In a nut shell it helps you develop rich web deployed, occasionally connected content experiences that leverage the Microsoft Sync platform. Watch Samantha’s... Posted Jan 16 2008, 05:46 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• Pistachio thank you! Sometimes being green makes things easier…

  http://www.granthinkson.com/2007/11/08/announcing-pistachio-wpf-resource-visualizer/  I know I have blogged on this before… But im using this app right now and its saving me a load of work. Let’s say you get a project handed to you that... Posted Jan 04 2008, 11:50 AM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• WPF Tip - Dont "pack:" your fonts

  Real bugaboo until we found this MSDN article.. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms753303.aspx Basically if you are creating a dll that you are going to reference fonts from.. Then dont use pack syntax but do this: FontFamily=”/FontLibrary;Component... Posted Dec 11 2007, 06:00 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• WPF Tip - See no button, feel no button

  Okay, so Josh is getting some major kudos right now… He gave me one of those brain dead obvious solutions… That my brain was too dead to figure out on its own. I find myself frequently animating opacity on objects that I need to set visibility... Posted Dec 11 2007, 05:52 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• WPF Tip - Relating to myself… Multi Trigger with both Data and Property Triggers

  I am winding down on a project that I have been burning it from both ends on and am just now seeing the light of day… Been trying to remind myself to post these tips because I usually forget this stuff later on. First trick that Josh Wagoner, our... Posted Dec 11 2007, 05:41 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• Useful WPF sites not on the blogroll…

  Haven’t seen these posts making the blog roll on wpf.netfx3.com If you havent checked out these sites you should: Mike Hillberg’s Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehillberg/default.aspx Dr. WPF http://drwpf.com/blog/ How do we get the community... Posted Oct 03 2007, 11:49 AM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• Blend 2 September Preview first impressions

  Whoohoo… Ive been on the road and really busy so haven’t had a chance to download and install September preview until today. My impressions: SplitView - This is worth the price of admission alone. Way back in the day when I was of but just... Posted Sep 18 2007, 02:06 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF, nathan dunlap

• hooray! better perf with Windows.AllowsTransparency = True on XP

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937106/en-us Posted Jul 02 2007, 01:27 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• History of the XAML Shield…

  Check out the XAML shield that is being passed around… Thought I would post some context and give some tidbits of information… Many many moons ago Peggi Goodwin popped in my office and asked if I could create icons for the many different types... Posted May 23 2007, 03:48 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF

• Dear Microsoft,

  I love WPF… However Silverlight is a much cooler name than WPF and I think the lack of a cool name hurts WPF’s street cred. (see Kurts post) I thought through why WPF/E was named Silverlight and came up with conclusion that the appropriate... Posted May 09 2007, 10:21 AM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF, Silverlight

• Blendables making a big splash at Mix

  Man! We’ve been so busy making these things I havent fully realized how unbelievably cool these things are… Im pretty biased since I worked on them but there are a few that are a bit over my head to realize what this really means. Im sitting... Posted May 01 2007, 03:18 PM by designerslove.net Filed under: WPF