Unknowingly we’ve acquired a lot of terminology regarding the use of a computer mouse. Apart from clicking, right-clicking and double-clicking, we’ve learned about dragging and dropping. Pushing two mouse buttons at the same time never reached much acceptance, but it is called a ‘chord...
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A Gesture Language
Thursday, July 15 2010 - Resources
Getting the most out of the Vector tools in Expression Design.
Monday, May 04 2009 - Resources
This post is planned to help you create great vectors and get the most out of the tools you have in Expression Design. Here is 2 simple shapes I am going to use for the examples, with a blue gradient, corner radius of 20px and a stroke thickness of 5px Compound Paths Compound paths take the existing...
Silverlight 3 - Get an early start
Tuesday, March 31 2009 - Resources
Blend 3 and Silverlight 3 has been released as a beta for all the designers and developers to get an early look into how it works and be ready for its release and it's worth having a look into. You can grab the new tools here: http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight3/default.aspx Some of the features...
C# Cheat sheet for designers
Tuesday, March 31 2009 - Resources
When it comes to designing for Silverlight applications, it's not just about drawing up some pictures and sending it off to be processed into a working application. Now, using Expression Blend by Microsoft, you the designer have full control over every graphical element in the project. You still need...
