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A Modern Browser
This morning, Mozilla shared their feelings on IE9 with a post that claims to answer the question,...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 02/15/2011
Top 10 Tips for the Effective Use of Social Media
While my job here at Microsoft consumes much of my waking life, I spend a little of my spare time...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/29/2010
PDC10: Introducing HTML5 Vector Graphics
The HTML5 family of specifications provide two different models for vector graphics: canvas and SVG....
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/02/2010
PDC10: Kung Fu Silverlight – Architectural Patterns and Practices with MVVM and RIA Services
MVVM (Model/View/ViewModel) is an architectural pattern that is well-suited for Silverlight and WPF...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/02/2010
PDC10: Unlocking the JavaScript Opportunity with IE9
Websites are exploding in the quantity of interactivity they contain: over the last few years, they...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/01/2010
PDC10: Inside Internet Explorer Performance
Browser performance is a multi-dimensional topic: there are eleven different subsystems that taken...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/01/2010
PDC10: Mysteries of Windows Memory Management Revealed: Part Two
In the last session, focusing on virtual memory, it was noted that there was almost no connection...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/29/2010
PDC10: Mysteries of Windows Memory Management Revealed: Part One
Fundamentals of Memory Management Windows has both physical and virtual memory. Memory is managed in...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/28/2010
PDC10: Session Time!
Now that the keynote is over, my formal duties for the event are mostly complete. Lots going on...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/28/2010
Demo Failure: A Puzzle with an Amusing Ending
Tomorrow is the start of the PDC, and while I have a quiet moment before the final keynote...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/27/2010
Silverlight Hallowe’en Card
Love this Hallowe’en card creator from Archetype: Built using Silverlight, it enables you to carve...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/19/2010
Pushing the Boundaries of HTML5 Gaming: Jitterbugs
For many developers, the acid test of whether HTML5 is ready for primetime is gaming. Few other...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/11/2010
Never Mind the Bullets: The “Making Of” Video…
This is really nicely done – a behind-the-scenes video for the Never Mind the Bullets project I...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/07/2010
The Best Job in the Company…
I’m serious. I genuinely think this is the single most exciting open position in Microsoft today....
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/06/2010
HTML5: A Specification or a Platform?
An interesting discussion broke out in the comments to the blog post on Never Mind the Bullets...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/03/2010
Rebooting the Client Platform Blog
It’s been a while – almost exactly a year – since I last wrote an entry for the blog. To tell the...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 09/29/2010
Live from LA, It’s the FREE Windows 7 Developer Bootcamp!
The PDC is the pinnacle of the Microsoft events calendar as far as I’m concerned: it’s the flagship...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 09/23/2009
A Developer’s Guide to Preparing for Windows 7
As everyone must know by now, the Windows 7 Release Candidate is broadly released and available for...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/06/2009
Extending Your Brand to the Desktop with Windows 7
What is Windows 7 doing at a web conference like MIX09? Last week I went along to the above titled...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/24/2009
Overview of Windows Azure
Windows Azure isn’t particularly “on-topic” for this blog, but hey, just because I’m a client guy...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/24/2009
Building an Optimized, Graphics-Intensive Silverlight Application
Seema Ramchandani works on performance as a Program Manager on the Silverlight team. She gave a...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/24/2009
Exploring the CoreCLR Inside Silverlight
Brandon Bray gave an interesting presentation at MIX09 on how the CLR (the execution engine that...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/23/2009
MIX09 Day 2 Keynote Pt 2: Deborah Adler on Changing Behavior by Design
Deborah Adler presented a fascinating case study of how user experience design can really have a...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/19/2009
MIX09 Day 2 Keynote Pt 1: Dean Hachamovitch on Internet Explorer 8
Dean Hachamovitch is the General Manager for the Internet Explorer team. Amazingly, he managed to...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/19/2009
Eight Reasons to Fall in Love with Internet Explorer 8
As announced at the MIX09 conference today, we just shipped the final version of Internet Explorer...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/19/2009
About to Start Live Blogging the Day 2 MIX09 Keynotes
At 9am Pacific (GMT-7), I’ll start live blogging the second day of MIX09 keynotes. As with...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/19/2009
Tracking MIX09
In previous years, I’ve posted a live blog here of the major announcements at our flagship developer...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 03/17/2009
Announcing Family.Show v3 – Our WPF Reference Application
It’s been a little while in coming, but I’m delighted to announce that we’ve shipped the latest...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 02/23/2009
Silverlight 2 GDR1 Now Available...
Not a huge release this one, but we've just shipped an update for Silverlight 2 that fixes a number...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 02/19/2009
What Can YOU Do with 10K of Silverlight or WPF Code?
A lot, it turns out. Some long-time readers may remember my post of a year or two back where I set a...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/29/2009
Windows 7 Theme Packs: Customize Your Desktop
Just wanted to take a moment to highlight Mike Swanson’s amazing theme pack for Windows 7. Mike is a...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 01/25/2009
WPF Developers: PDC Wrap-Up and Visual Studio Tooling Update
Over the next week or so, I want to put a bit of context behind some of the announcements from PDC,...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 11/03/2008
PDC Proceedings: The Book of the Conference
It’s Sunday morning, and I’m sitting back-stage in the huge keynote room here at the PDC in Los...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 10/26/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Is Here!
Get it from https://silverlight.net/GetStarted, along with the developer tools, documentation and the...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 06/06/2008
Why You Want To Book Your PDC2008 Ticket NOW...
If you're into any of the technologies that this blog covers, you'll be mad if you miss the...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/30/2008
50 New Silverlight Screencasts - Short and Snappy
I haven't seen these training videos receive nearly the coverage they deserve, so I wanted to try...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/20/2008
Introducing the Third Major Release of Windows Presentation Foundation
Today I'm excited to announce the public beta availability of a major new release of WPF. Since we...
Author: Tim Sneath Date: 05/12/2008