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On the Web, competition is just one click away (JustHost is our new host)
Monday, November 02, 2009 4:31 PM

This is a post about customer service, customer frustration and customer / user experience. I've made a move from my old webhost Inside.hr to JustHost.com. Reason? Well, I was frustrated with their „customer service“. After careful consideration, I’ve... Read More...

by UX Passion - Things about user experience, usability, IA, SEO, tutorials, blogging and Microsoft

Filed under: UX, web, Featured Articles, UX / usability tutorials, user experience, web host, service management, customer support, customer service

Make complete button surface active and enhance usability
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:19 PM

Buttons are everywhere – both on web and on desktop applications. Being so widespread and known to end-users they should be as usable as possible. However, there are lot of mistakes when designing buttons and they kill the usability. One of the biggest... Read More...

by UX Passion - Things about user experience, usability, IA, SEO, tutorials, blogging and Microsoft

Filed under: UX, web, facebook, UX / usability tutorials, myspace, desktop, usability, analysis, buttons

Mix 09 - First Half Rollup and Session Videos
Friday, March 20, 2009 6:03 AM

We are having a fine time at Mix '09 here in Las Vegas. You may have watched the keynotes live at http://live.visitmix.com/ . Even better, you can watch the sessions as fast as they can get them up online at http://sessions.visitmix.com/MIX09 . Here's... Read More...

by Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen - Silverlight

Filed under: ASP.NET, silverlight, Mix, Microsoft, web, ASP.NET MVC

Silverlight 2 Unleashed by Laurent Bugnion
Friday, November 07, 2008 2:34 AM

If you’re looking for a great overview of all things Silverlight 2, Laurent Bugnion’s Silverlight 2 Unleashed book is a great introductory book for web developers, designers, and folks new to the Microsoft web/client platform. Amazon delivered... Read More...

by Jeff Wilcox » silverlight

Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, web, web development

Successful .Xap deployment with your CDN: Set the application/x-silverlight-app MIME type
Saturday, November 01, 2008 7:16 PM

If you host XAP files on a CDN or other host (such as Amazon S3), you need to have the server configured with the new Silverlight MIME type. You can find out specifics in the breaking changes reference. When you do not need to configure the MIME type... Read More...

by Jeff Wilcox » silverlight

Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, web, web development, web servers

Introducing the AutoCompleteBox
Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:43 PM

The Silverlight AutoCompleteBox is now available. This guide covers the control’s properties, usage, and demonstrates how to hook it up to a JSON web service. Note: This post contains live Silverlight content that your news reader may not be able... Read More...

by Jeff Wilcox » silverlight

Filed under: c#, silverlight, Microsoft, Software Development, web, web development

Sorry boss, I just released the new Silverlight Controls source code to the world.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 5:28 PM

Last night, I signed on to the CodePlex site and checked in the source code to all the Silverlight controls we’ve been working on night-and-day. Like an open source ninja! On just about any other team at Microsoft, I might have some major explaining... Read More...

by Jeff Wilcox » silverlight

Filed under: c#, silverlight, Microsoft, Software Development, web, web development

Awesome controls are coming for the Silverlight platform
Thursday, October 23, 2008 4:22 AM

Now that the wait is over and Silverlight 2 is out there in the wild, there’s very little excuse not to be using this awesome Microsoft platform. Easy-to-use controls make fast, easy development possible, and there is a clear roadmap out there now... Read More...

by Jeff Wilcox » silverlight

Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, Software Development, web, web development, conferences

Client-side HTML controls for Silverlight 2
Sunday, October 05, 2008 5:51 PM

What if you could use and create ASP.NET-like web controls that are 100% client-side, powered by the Silverlight 2 runtime? What if ViewState was a thing of the past? Would you like to cut your web application’s load on your servers from 50 pageviews... Read More...

by Jeff Wilcox » silverlight

Filed under: JavaScript, c#, silverlight, Software Development, web, web development

If you can do it in JavaScript, you can do it in managed Silverlight .NET code
Sunday, September 28, 2008 7:23 PM

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean that you should do something. Just because you can get Quake to run on your iPhone doesn’t mean that’s the best way to do things. But it’s pretty cool! Now that we’re clear on... Read More...

by Jeff Wilcox » silverlight

Filed under: JavaScript, c#, silverlight, Microsoft, Software Development, web, web development

MIX08 Day 2 Keynote Live Blog
Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:37 PM

I'm going to be "live blogging" the Steve Ballmer keynote this afternoon at this URL. Keep this blog post bookmarked and start hitting "refresh" shortly after the keynote starts at 1pm Pacific / 9pm GMT. Or simply tune in to the... Read More...

by Tim Sneath : silverlight

Filed under: Office, Vista, silverlight, Windows Live, Mix08, silverlight 2.0, web, ie, windows

Video.Show 1.0 Released to Web
Monday, February 11, 2008 5:26 PM

After three public preview releases, I'm proud to announce the final version of Video.Show , a ready-to-run solution for hosting video content on the web! You might be interested in Video.Show if: Your company or school wants to distribute e-learning... Read More...

by Tim Sneath : silverlight

Filed under: silverlight, silverlight streaming, RIA, sample, web