Since the release of all the juicy news on windows 8 and XBOX in the last few weeks, I thought it would be cool to whip up a template to show you how you can create a cool little panorama similar to the ones seen on the new platform. See it here Grab the source code She's a little on the large side because...
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Panorama Template
Monday, June 13 2011 - Tutorials
PathListBox: Text on the path
Tuesday, January 11 2011 - Tutorials
I have been posting all about pathlistbox for the last few weeks, and I said the last one was my last, but I forgot about one really cool thing and it will only take a minute to explain. Applying text to a path! It's really quite simple, you can apply any text you have to the pathlistbox by binding the...
PathListBox: making data look cool
Wednesday, January 05 2011 - Tutorials
So we have covered the basics of the PathListBox (PLB) and also checked out how to do some animations with it . Now I wanted to have a look at showing some data in different ways using the PLB. A ListBox is the simple way to show data inside an application, but styling these can only take you so far...
PathListBox: making rockin' animations
Wednesday, December 29 2010 - Tutorials
This is the second post on Silverzine about PLB (PathListBox). If you missed the first one check it out here: PathListBox Getting Started . Ok lets check out how to make some animations using a PLB. There is so many possibilities on what you could do with this control when animating, I am just going...
PathListBox: getting started
Wednesday, December 22 2010 - Tutorials
This is part 1 of Silverzines PathListBox Tutorials. I wanted to cover a few different ways of using the pathlistbox but thought I should start with a introduction tutorial. The PathListBox is a great addition to Silverlight 4 and one which a lot of us designer folk were waiting for. It opens up a whole...
Natural User Interface Thought
Tuesday, November 23 2010 - Tutorials
I have been thinking a lot over the last few weeks about natural user interfaces (NUI), what they actually mean and how to design them. I wanted to just write a really quick post to share my thoughts and to get peoples own opinions on what NUI is and what needs to be considered when designing one. It...
How to: design a Windows Phone 7 listbox
Tuesday, October 05 2010 - Tutorials
In this tutorial we will go through how to create a listbox that is similar to how the home screen of the Windows Phone 7 works in Expression Blend. There is quite a few steps in this tutorial but you can pick and choose which parts you want to add to your listbox. Note: you will need the Windows Phone...
Getting started with WP7 design
Wednesday, September 15 2010 - Tutorials
So the final build of the phone tools is just around the corner and it's time to get moving with designing some killer applications. There are lots of great blogs out there to help you get started and I wanted to help point you in the right direction. Get your head around the concepts First thing, you...
Structuring XAML in Blend
Thursday, August 12 2010 - Tutorials
Working in Expression Blend, you won’t have to concern yourself with the XAML code that Blend generates. It will work. Guaranteed. Only when you start coding or changing the XAML markup by hand, you may create invalid XAML that no design view is able to render any more. To be absolutely sure that...
Animating the Silverlight opacity mask
Tuesday, May 11 2010 - Tutorials
I used to use Adobe Flash a few years ago. Not much - just enough to get a couple of little projects done. Silverlight competes with Flash and Flex. That may or may not be the official Microsoft position - but it is true nevertheless. Most of my work involves creating corporate level Silverlight apps...
