Contents tagged with Silverlight
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Silverlight Crossdomain Access Workarounds
I was testing out some typography with Silverlight and figured I’d try grab some text from Wikipedia. I started with the naive approach:
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Looking back at MicrosoftPDC.com (from the inside)
I had the privilege of working on the MicrosoftPDC.com website as lead developer for the past several months. The process hasn’t been kind to my blogging schedule lately, but the experience definitely taught me quite a bit: working with the top-notch Microsoft developer evangelism team, setting up a site for maximum flexibility, setting up the Silverlight experience, and troubleshooting some interesting issues during the conference. I’m going to run through several of these at a high level and may dig into some of these in more detail later (so comment if you want to hear more about something).
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Running Silverlight 2 on Google Chrome using the Chrome Dev Channel
When Google Chrome first came out and I read that it used Webkit, the same rendering engine that powers Safari, I tried browsing a few Silverlight 2 sites. It kind of worked, as long as the sites didn’t exclude browsers that weren’t on Microsoft’s official Silverlight support list. The controls loaded, but didn’t animate or update smoothly. While Microsoft still isn’t officially supporting Silverlight on Chrome, Chrome’s latest Dev Build (0.2.151.2) includes some specific fixes to support Silverlight 2 Beta 2. The information about the updates is in the release notes, specifically revision 1735:
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Silverlight and Relative URI’s for Image and Video Sources
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Speaking at the So Cal Code Camp on 6/29/08: Deep Dive Into Deep Zoom
I'll be speaking at the SoCal Code Camp in San Diego on Jun 29, 2008. My session’s titled Deep Dive into Silverlight Deep Zoom. We'll look at the code that runs the Hard Rock Memorabilia site, then build a site on the fly that takes advantage of Deep Zoom, including all the new features in Silverlight 2 Beta 2.
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Silverlight 2 (beta 2) and Firefox 3... so happy together...
If you've been holding off on using Silverlight 2 or Firefox 3 because they weren't playing well together, it's safe to come out now. One of the best "undocumented" features in Silverlight 2 Beta 2 is that it now works with Firefox 3.
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TechEd 2008 Keynote Summary
Here are the highlights from the TechEd 2008 Keynote (as seen from afar by watching the TechEd 2008 Keynote and reading posts and press):
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Why Silverlight 2 Deep Zoom Really is Something New
The Hard Rock Memorabilia site got a lot of press MIX 08; TechCrunch called it the coolest part of the MIX keynote. It takes advantage of a new Silverlight 2 feature called Deep Zoom, which allows for smooth zooming and panning over a large collection of large images. It's really the kind of thing you have to see; words don't capture it well.
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What's been announced about Silverlight 2? See ScottGu's "First Look" post
I've had a lot of people ask me for hints about what's in Silverlight 2. My general strategy is to tell them to read Scott Guthrie's blog, then fake a seizure. That strategy will work even better starting today, since Scott just posted a First Look at Silverlight 2, along with an eight part tutorial on building a Silverlight Digg client.
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Using Windowless Silverlight Controls To Blend HTML and Silverlight Elements
Silverlight 1.0 has no intrinsic controls. Forget about dropdowns and sliders, Silverlight 1.0 doesn't have textboxes or buttons. That doesn't mean you can't build and deploy advanced Silverlight 1.0 applications today, though. [Sheesh, that sounded like marketing-speak - sorry about that.]