I made some minor modifications to the MyComix Silverlight viewer. I wasn't happy with the look of the drop-down info panel, so I crufted up a new design in Expression Blend. I also added a simple animation that allows comic book covers to pop into view Read More...

I did a little rearchitecting on MyComix's Silverlight viewer tonight and added a new feature, too. Now when you move the mouse into the region of the window above the top of the comic book, a partially transparent info panel containing pertinent information Read More...

We've been keeping the airways hot here at Wintellect. First there was Devscovery Denver. Then came MIX in Las Vegas, Devscovery New York, and a trip to Redmond, all in consecutive weeks. I'm looking forward to having (most of) a couple of weeks at home Read More...

I've been playing with the Silverlight bits Microsoft published last week and am having a blast. I just finished adding a Silverlight viewer to MyComix. To check it out, go to http://mycomix.wintellect.com and click a comic book cover. (Make sure you're Read More...

I've heard a lot of talk around MIX this week about Silverlight obsoleting WPF. Developers are asking "why would I develop a WPF app when I could do the same thing with Silverlight and have it run in a browser?" I can think of two big reasons why WPF Read More...

MIX 07 opened yesterday and I believe we'll look back on that day as the day that the Web changed. Microsoft made several announcements, not the least of which is that Silverlight, formerly known as "WPF/E," will include a cross-platform version of the Read More...