Contents tagged with WPF
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Do Carousel Controls Make You Feel Queasy?
I'm sure I'm not the only one whose inner ear acts up when dealing with certain visuals. I can't look out the side window from a moving vehicle. I can't watch (or play) most video games because the screen movement makes me nauseated.
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Expression Web and Blend in MSDN Premium
Great news from Soma's blog:
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Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed
I’ve finally had a chance to sit down with Adam Nathan’s book, Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed from Sams. Talk about thorough! I had no idea there was so much to WPF and how much different it is from Windows Forms development. Although the use of markup makes it more akin to ASP.NET, I’m finding this a strange new world in many ways and almost overwhelming. Good thing there are books like this to help us get the concepts.
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Expression Blend Looks Creepy
Just installed Expression Blend (beta 1) This has to be one of the ugliest IDEs I've seen. It reminds me of wandering through the lobby and halls of the W hotel in Seattle at night! Creepy!I switched to the Light scheme right away which is marginally better than the dark, monochromatic look.What's weird is that some MS people think it's "friendlier, easier, more elegant".
If you don't mind, could we just have a "normal" Windows interface option - like in the good ol' days? -
Learning Windows Presentaton Foundation Development
This week, I'm finally getting around to exploring Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) more deeply. As a starting point, I went through the online course, Developing Rich Experiences with Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio® 2005.