Lukas Svoboda: Strategy, Architecture, Governance & Technology

If you haven't already seen, Microsoft Silverlight has now been fully released to v1.0.

Some resources regarding the feature list of Visual Studio Orcas:

Microsoft Marketing Material: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700830.aspx

InfoQ round-up, technical focused: http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/03/Orcas-Roundup

Scott Guthries' first look at Orcas Presentation, technical focused:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/08/my-first-look-at-orcas-presentation.aspx

Orcas Announcement from Microsoft Blogger Somaseger

http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/04/19/visual-studio-orcas-and-net-fx-3-5-beta1-shipped.aspx

BetaNew Arcticle on Orcas Features, some good semi-technical explanations

http://www.betanews.com/article/Visual_Studio_Orcas_Enters_Beta_1_NET_Framework_35_Released/1177012085

Download the Orcas Betas from Microsoft

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx

Interesting to see that Sun has released JavaFX, a framework for quickly building compelling user interfaces quickly for Java Enabled devices and machines. I can definitely see it going head to head against Silverlight.

Fantastic, Microsoft has finally realised that releasing Expression Studio with MSDN is a good idea. These tools while primarily targeted at Designers require developer integration and buy-in. So software folk like me who have an interest can now properly play with and demonstrate the value of Expression Studio within a development life cycle. Nice one Microsoft!

Okay, so this is not strickly Microsoft, but this YouTube video on multi-touch sensing screens is amazing. I could imagine some amazing interfaces with the combination of WPF and a intractive screen like this. The mind just completely boggles. I just wanna know how I can get one now!!! Nice work Jeff, can you send one to New Zealand? We'll do some cool shit stuff with it!!!!

From Scott Gu's Blog, the next generation Yahoo messenger is being built with Windows Presentation Foundation and.NET. Article is here. Interesting indeed. I"m sure Windows Live Messegner will follow suit soon enough!

Okay, so I could not resist posting on this. Check out www.rideme.co.nz - not only is it the worst web UI since, well since I took over support of a recent badly designed commercial website (that shall remain nameless) but it's also a case of WTF? I meant what was something thinking with a name called rideme... RIDEME of all things!