Category Archives: z Silverlight Archives

As promised, here is the  .NET Rocks recorded panel on RIA at Code Mash. It was a blast and got a great reception. Participants in the panel included myself, Carl and Richard, Josh Holmes (Microsoft RIA Architect Evangelist), Leon Gersing … Continue reading →

I’m very pleased to say that the first two of the four-part series of videos on HyperVideo are now available (clicking on the images will bring you to the videos) You can also find a blog thread on Hypervideo beginning … Continue reading →

This message has nothing to do with Silverlight  Feel free to skip it. I have been struggling since I joined Microsoft to ensure that I don’t miss any messages that are important I spend less time managing my 600+ daily … Continue reading →

This year I had the incredible pleasure of speaking at CodeMash 2009 (last year I missed it by breaking my glenoid just before going. This was better). The organizers asked for feedback, and I realized that my feedback (slightly edited) … Continue reading →

I have some ideas about improving this blog that will require going through past messages and adding forward/backward references and FAQ indicators and more.  If you are willing to work for “recognition” and eternal gratitude, please send email to jliberty@microsoft.com  … Continue reading →

  The last time I looked at Drag and Drop was with Silverlight version 1 and now seemed like a good time to see how one might accomplish this seemingly straight forward task with managed code. The experience was interesting. … Continue reading →

For the past couple weeks I’ve been ironing out a new navigation feature that I’ve added to my blog. The goal is to allow you to follow a topic as it threads through the blog, skipping over intervening messages, or … Continue reading →

I’m pleased to announce that my videos on the Silverlight Toolkit PieChart and Columns chart are now available.  What is very nice is that once you understand how one of these charts works, working with the other becomes almost self-evident.   … Continue reading →

This excellent idea from Microsoft UX Evangelist René de Paula Jr arrived just 1/2 a day too late for me to try it out at Code Mash, but I will do so at my next opportunity. He suggests placing a … Continue reading →

      In a previous posting, I began a fast and furious mini-tutorial on building a hyper-video player. In this segment, I’ll demonstrate how to: Use Encoder to add markers to a video Use Encoder to create a player … Continue reading →

The Silverlight Toolkit includes a couple new panels, one of which is the incredibly handy WrapPanel. [ Updated Jan. 4 to include working example ]  In its most straight forward use, the WrapPanel allows you to add UIElements which it … Continue reading →