I use Live Search. I use Google Search too. I’ve never really used Yahoo! Search. For me, this search engine thing has started in 90’s with Altavista. It was great for me at that time. But nowadays I stick with Google and lately, more and more with Live Search. What I really like about Windows Live Search (besides results) is great looking homepage.
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With Silverlight 2 released and already being installed on about 25% computers, we all look to new Silverlight 3. What we can expect from new Silverlight 3? What are new features in Silverlight 3 and why is this great time for you to start learning and exploring Microsoft Silverlight technology?
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Microsoft has just released Silverlight 2.0 Release Candidate and set of tools and technologies to ease development with Silverlight 2.0. Expression Blend 2.5 seems to be obsolete since Blend 2 now supports development for Silverlight 2. Here is list of resources to help you out.
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If you need ideas for your Imagine Cup 2009 project, take a look here and see the list of 7 ideas for Imagine Cup invitationals. This year’s theme is “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing us today.” and I’d like to try and help you with some suggestions.
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You have previous knowledge of working with Flash. You have heard about Silverlight. Now you want to use your previous knowledge and explore what Silverlight offers you. That’s just plain cool because here is Project Rosetta to help you out with some nice resources.
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I’m sure you’ve heard about Channel 8, or Channel 9 (we all know about that one), or Channel 10 or… And few days ago Microsoft has released source code of the original Channel 9 web portal, and one is now available on Codeplex. So, just go get it and show your new killer project to the world.
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Almost two years after Microsoft showed off beta version of its uber cool Photosynth technology, it is finaly available for everyone. Photosynth takes a collection of regular photographs and reconstructs the scene or object in a 3D environment, and the final results are breathtaking.
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Although Opera is not listed as one of the officially supported web browsers for Silverlight, there is a workaround to get Silverlight up and running in Opera. Please note, however, that this is not supported or encouraged procedure, it is listed here for educational purposes only.
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We all (mostly) hate toolbars. They are ugly, they take lot of space and they don’t look compelling and functionality they bringing in are easily described as crapware. When I say they are ugly - I mean that - grayish, with Windows 9x look, they seem to be outdated by years (in IT = centuries).
But new MSN Toolbar looks promising. Powered by Microsoft’s own Silverlight technology it looks slick, sexy and appealing (yeah, I did say it looks sexy). And if you watch Olympics, this shiny stuff will become your good friend.
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This something that will let you out of your breath and I am not joking. Guys from the University of Washington and Microsoft Research (pretty much the same guys behind Microsoft’s Photosynth technology) have published article called “Finding Paths through World’s Photos”.
Title is somewhat boring, but work these guys have done is astonishing. These days they are presenting their work at SIGGRAPH 2008 conference, and here on UX Passion.com you can see their video. This is something really, really cool.
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Somewhere near the end of June, Microsoft closed its beta program for Windows Live Messenger 9.0. There have been some rumors about exciting GUI changes, but none of them have seen the light during June.
But, now, things seem to be changing. Rumors regarding GUI are still here, and now they are backed with some leaked screenshots. Some of the news were even speculating that Windows Live Messenger (yes, that IS the ex MSN Messenger) will be using WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) for its GUI.
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