Cool WPF applications

With the advent of the new UI in Windows Vista and the capabilities of the Windows Presentation Foundation in .Net 3.0, I thought it would be intersting to share a list of great WPF applications.  The use of WPF is so new and so exciting, it can be hard to imagine how to creatively use these new graphical features in our applications.  This list should really get everyone's creative juices flowing.

• Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista - New IM client (SCREENCAST).
• New York Times Reader - Next-generation online reading experience for the NY Times (MSI).
• Microsoft Calendar Printing Assistant - Generate printed calendars from your Outlook schedule (MSI).
• Microsoft Expression Blend - Designer tool for building WPF experiences (MSI).
• Microsoft Expression Design - illustration and graphic design tool (MSI).
• Microsoft Windows Live for TV - 3D access to Messenger contacts from Media Center or IE (MSI).
• Electric Rain Standout - High-end custom presentation software (SCREENCAST).
• Wikipedia Explorer - 3D exploration of related articles from Wikipedia (APPLICATION).
• iBloks - Mashup application for creating 3D movies (MSI).
• RikReader - RSS Reader that integrates with Internet Explorer 7 (APPLICATION).
• Nostalgia - Yahoo! Flickr browser and photo manager (APPLICATION).
• Cine.View - Netflix movie queue manager (APPLICATION).
• Cool Text Vector Draw - A vector drawing program with 1200 fonts available via a web service (XBAP).
• Actipro Wizard - A control for building wizard dialogs in WPF (XBAP).
• UniveRSS - A 3D Vista RSS reader (APPLICATION).
• Xceed Datagrid for WPF Live Explorer - Hands-on demo of Xceed's free new Datagrid for WPF (XBAP).
• DominoKen - Artistic 3D XBAP demonstration from Microsoft Japan (XBAP).
• Denounce - Stand-alone podcast listener and blog reader (APPLICATION).
• British Library Turning the Pages - British Library's 'virtual viewer' for some of their most precious books (XBAP).
• ITN Hub Player - Video clips and news stories from ITN (APPLICATION).
• Evolution Media Center - HTPC Front-end with stunning animations and dynamic XAML-skinning (ZIP).
• OTTO - Online clothing shopping (APPLICATION).
• Metaliq - Snowboarding data visualization (ZIP).
• WeatherNews - 3D Weather visualization (XBAP).
• Shiseido - Make up online shopping (XBAP).
• DOSV - Computer Configuration (XBAP).
• Warner - Movie Previews and Showtimes (XBAP).
• Notescraps - Random information manager (MSI).
• Valil.Chess.WinFX - Chess game (XBAP, APPLICATION)
• NetAdvantage for WPF - Infragistics NetAdvantage for WPF 2007 controls (APPLICATION).
• fnac.com - French electronics retailer shopping experience - must set machine to French locale to run it (APPLICATION).

Comments

• Anonymous
  February 20, 2007
  Great list Chad, thanks for posting it.
• Anonymous
  February 22, 2007
  Just wanted to Know how these gr8 looking applications were developed.Using Oracs Or VS.Net 2005 ?
• Anonymous
  February 22, 2007
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• Anonymous
  May 21, 2007
  Thanks for the links.  The thirteen23 apps are killer!
• Anonymous
  June 18, 2008
  I just released my first application built using WPF: MuvUnder Cover: The Album Art Sleuth - http://www.muvunder.com/WPF is definitely the way to go when it comes to creating new user experiences.