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Outlook Clone using WPF
14 June 2007 in Programming & Windows | Comments (2)

A group in Microsoft Switzerland have put together a WPF Hands On Lab to demonstrate building an Outlook UI using WPF… and it is a lot simple, as it contains barely any custom code. Done 90% in Blend 1.0 and 10% with manual XAML. No single third party control used.

XBAP Demo: http://www.00001001.ch/download/HOL/WPF_XBAP/OutlookWPF/OutlookUI%20Browser.xbap

The lab manual can be downloaded from: http://www.00001001.ch/download/HOL/WPF/Outlook_HOL_WPF.pdf

The lab binaries are located here: http://www.00001001.ch/download/HOL/WPF/Outlook_HOL_WPF_projects.zip

Windows Home Server Release Candidate for Download
13 June 2007 in Microsoft & OS & Windows | Comments (0)

Microsoft’s centralized home media server is ready for testing. Go to the Windows Home Server page on Microsoft’s Connect site and complete the quick survey. Then, you’ll be sent a link enabling you to download the server software for free. Test it out by setting it up on a spare machine in your house. You will also need a Live.com login to participate. Kind of a bummer that Microsoft is making us jump through so many hoops to test its software, but hey — it’s free!

The Windows Home Server runs on your LAN and hosts all of your music, movies and digital media, making the files instantly accessible to all of the computers in your home. As a development platform, Windows Home Server offers hardware and software developers tremendous opportunities to build innovative solutions.

Don’t forget their Fame and Fortune challenge. You can still win $50,000 in prizes.

Moonlight in June?
4 June 2007 in Linux & Microsoft & Programming | Comments (1)

21st of June is the date the Mono team set to get Moonlight, the Mono-based implementation of Microsoft Silverlight, up and running for public showing.

Project status and Implementation details can be found at the mono project official website.

Miguel de Icaza, the project leader, said recently in ZDNet interview that Linux-based browsers could support Moonlight by the end of this year.

3D Physics XBAP
16 May 2007 in Fun & Programming & Windows | Comments (0)

Chris Cavanagh some weeks ago created a very nice 3D Physics XBAP (Windows WPF) example just to show the WPF/XNA capabilities.

The code is available on CodePlex. The XBAP is also available here.

Now, the people at theWPFblog created an modified version on Chris code, called Poopr. The application is rather strange, mainly because allows the user to make a person poop. Ignoring the concept, there are some great sound effects and graphics.

Its available as ClickOnce application here.

IE Developer Toolbar
12 May 2007 in Microsoft & Programming & Windows | Comments (0)

After a lot time of beta testing, Microsoft finally made available the final version of its Developer Toolbar for Internet Explorer 6 and 7. The add-on enables users to analyze the code of a Web page by color coding the HTML source, matching CSS selectors to page elements, and even offering a pixel ruler.

While the 1.0 release offers no new functionality over Beta 3, Microsoft says it has improved reliability and the fit-and-finish of the toolbar.

I personally see this as a Microsoft response to so many people that constantly request tools and mostly an easier development process in IE.

Similar toolbars are available for Firefox and Opera.