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Please update your bookmarks, because the new url of this blog is http://khason.net/ (you have not update RSS feeds, it will be done automatically). Why I did it? Why I decided to go to “stand-alone”… Well. there are some reasons. Generally, I do not want to explain all those here, but trust me, there are some. The main reason is, that there is no responsible person in charge for this blog platform in Microsoft Israel. This why, if your blog is popular and you have a respect to your blog visitors...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/consultants-for-charity/ ] As you, probably, know, I left consulting field . However, it does not mean, that I quit helping developers community with client application development. Also, every day I'm getting between 50 and 300 emails with questions (I'm trying to answer all of those) and sometimes proposals for consulting. Currently I'm refusing all those, because I do not...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/programming-for-windows-7/ ] Well, Windows 7 is going to be released by the end of next year. This is great news, because it seemed, that Microsoft finally understand how to get the best of Windows Vista and make it to work not only on monster machines . It even works on new brandy my wife's pinky machine. And if it works there and my wife is happy with it, this OS going to be very...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/issues-you-reported-were-fixed/ ] Hi, folks. And thank you for reporting issues with WpfPerf Performance Profiling tool . Now it was fixed , so, download and use new and fixed version . Keep reporting, as you can see, you have the power to change! Imaginary by Malcolm Dare
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/for-all-those-who-have-problems-with-running-wpf-performance-profiling-tool-%e2%80%93-microsoft-cares/ ] Three days ago, I announced the new release of WPF Performance Profiling Tool . A couple hours after this was announced, I got a number of comments from you, readers. It was about issues with running this tool. I checked the issue and forwarded it to development team from Microsoft...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/presenting-at-teched-developers-south-africa-2008-durban/ ] Save the date. TechEd Developers South Africa is around the corner (August 3rd through 6th). This year it will take place in Durban , the third most populous city in South Africa. This TechEd, there are four sessions assigned to me: Creating Rich Applications with Windows Presentation Foundation (300) Completely new session about...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/action-required-smart-client-users-group/ ] Recently I browsed INETA to seek for some group and was really surprising. There is no Smart Client user group registered there. Maybe there is a reason? Let’s understand what Smart Client is? According wikipedia , the term "Smart Client" is meant to refer to simultaneously capturing the benefits of a " thin client " (zero...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/binding-with-lambda-expressions/ ] Me, personally, not a big fan of labdas . However, it looks like new blogger M. Orçun Topdağı is. He wrote three posts ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) about how to build value converters with lambdas and it looks very cool. Worth reading.
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/you-can-meet-me-face-to-face-in-teched/ ] Starting today, if you are attending TechEd '08 Israel , you can set an appointment with me, by using a meeting system in TechEd website . All attendees received an email with username and password to access the system. So enter, click Find and look for WPF, Silverlight or, just תמיר חסון. Then click Request to meet and that's it. Note...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/cool-wpf-application-needed/ ] If you have cool WPF application (in production or near production state) and want to present it to more, then 2000 people, please, contact me ASAP. (Israel only)
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/running-wpf-on-gas-pump-or-other-windows-ce-devices/ ] What do you think, is it possible to run WPF on Windows CE enabled devices (e.g. gas pumps, GPS systems, robots, game or automatic teller machines or, even, scientific calculators)? Let's see following code: StackPanel panel = new StackPanel(Orientation.Horizontal); ...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/some-new-post-mix-downloads/ ] Today is download day at MSDN. There are some very interesting things published. New release of Windows SDK (new classes for WPF 3.5, bugs fixes, and enhanced support for Windows Server 2008, including speech, error reporting and UAC). Download it here . For more information, visit SDK blog Windows XP SP3 RC2 (it's not final release ), but if you want...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/silverlight-20-beta-1-is-alive-how-to-use-it-now/ ] As you, probably, know, Silverlight 2.0 got "non-commercial" go-live and how you can start using it for real. But how to do it? Let try to understand. First of all, you have to remove all previous versions of Silverlight as well as remove Silverlight Alpha tools for Visual Studio. Then, install Runtime andm using chain installer...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/a-couple-of-updates-mega-update-post/ ] Today, only updates Yahoo finally releases Yahoo! Messenger for Vista - this was one of very first prototypes, shown in Mix last year. I did not install it, however, here a couple of review Erik Burke , Tim Sneath and Ryan Stewart . As for me, they lost "wow effect" last year Microsoft Expression Blend 2 - December Preview . What's...