UI design patterns for Rich Internet Applications
We are used to the idea of design patterns for software construction, following the great work of the gang of four – Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable object-oriented software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John M Vlissides. But what about patterns for user interface design?
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UI design patterns for Rich Internet Applications
Noah Hart has ported SQLite to C# . I was intrigued to see whether the code could be adapted to run in Silverlight, which has a cut-down .NET Framework and prohibits platform invoke to native code. I hacked away at his code until it ran in Silverlight : Note that the sole purpose of the exercise was to see if SQLite could be made to run, not to prepare a port that is production-ready or even code that is fit to check-in
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Proof of concept: C#-SQLite running in Silverlight
In view of our last post about the handwriting recognition improvements in Windows 7 you might be wondering how good windows handwriting recognition is… As an experiment, I’ll tell you to the story of my handwriting got so bad in digital ink with Windows Vista and I’ll show you the recognition results below: And here is the recognised text version… I was born in South Australia but grew up in Victoria. So I started learning to write at primary school in Victoria. The Victorian Education Department at the time decided to change the writing style taught from printing to cursive script
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How good is Windows Handwriting Recognition?
If you’re in business you’re probably well aware of the “Small Business and General Business Tax Break” otherwise known as the Government Investment Allowance. According to the ATO the Investment Allowance is now law and you can still take advantage of it in this financial year by purchasing before June 30
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Last chance for government investment allowance this Financial year
That’s right! I gave in and decided I really, really wanted one of these e-book reader things, and the last commenter who mentioned that Target had the Sony PRS-505 was the final straw that just broke my will power! I didn’t want to wait for the new Kindle or the new Sony, and, hey, the instant gratification factor of the PRS-505 being at Target down the street was a big plus. And this one was cheaper than the Kindle or Sony 700 reader, especially when the wireless would be less useful to me since I have my iPhone
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Guess what I have! (Hint: it’s a Sony Reader PRS-505)
Maybe if you’re using OneNote on a powerful laptop or a new, ultra-configured tablet, you may not have noticed any slow-down. Or if you like to keep neat little notes that only use a letter-sized page of writing/text at a time, this likely has never occurred. But if you use just a half-decent tablet (that’s what I consider my X61T) and you enjoy the freedom of an endless notebook, then you may have noticed the hit that OneNote takes if you start messing with ink and images a few scrolls down the page
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Are long OneNote pages bogging you down?
Has anyone ever tried a ModBook , the third party Mac tablet that is a slate made from a normal MacBook? I’m thinking a Mac would be cool for my next computer, or a small Tablet PC slate, but maybe this would be cool. A 13.3″ widescreen, glass slate with a DVD drive, 2.4 GHz processor, and a 160 GB hard drive.
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Does anyone have a ModBook? Or tried one?
If you want to learn more about the history of the TIP (Text Input Panel) and handwriting recognition, then be sure to check out the latest podcast at GottaBeMobile – it features our very own Tablet PC veterans Josh Clow, Jay Pittman, and Patrick Haluptzok. Definitely an interesting podcast for any Tablet geeks out there J Jan-Kristian Markiewicz | Program Manager – Windows CoreUX, Touch and Tablet
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Tales of the TIP
Gateway today announced the 15.4-inch Gateway M-Series and 14.1-inch Gateway T-Series multimedia notebook PCs, both featuring Intel Centrino Mobile Technology with Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the new industrial design with Crimson Red, Pacific Blue or Slate Grey colors. “Several standard and optional features available on notebooks purchased through Gateway’s direct channel build on the notebooks’ vast capabilities, such as 1080p-capable display, an integrated fingerprint reader and a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for digital video and audio out,” the PC maker’s press release says.
Have you ever been in a state of dilemma regarding the decision-factors pertaining to the selection of the right mobile PC device. Be it a laptop, a notebook PC or a tablet; there are hundreds of factors to be taken into consideration while planning to buy a laptop or its counter-parts. The first and foremost question to ask yourself is “Why not a Desktop?”
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Choosing the right mobile PC (Abridged Version)
Today’s apps must work in an increasingly mobile environment and must allow new means of input: ink, touch, and more. Build a great application that encompasses these needs, write an article about what you’ve done, and you may win one of three cool Samsung Ultra-Mobile PCs . One winner per month, 3/15/07–6/15/07
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Windows Vista Mobile PC App Competition at CodeProject.com
Vista Shines as Tablet Platform Nice quotes: “The handwriting recognition is greatly improved, and pen flicks, which allow users to navigate the notebook using a flick of the pen, is an addition Tablet PC users are bound to use extensively.” “Handwriting recognition was faster and more accurate than it was pre-Vista, and the device’s full-featured TIP (Tablet Input Panel) made input easy.” – Ken Dacey, Tablet PC Test Lead
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eWEEK says "Vista Shines as a Tablet Platform"
When we first started this blog, last summer, Beta 1 of Windows Vista had just become available. Looking back, it seems we had to make a lot of noise about how to get Windows Vista bits working on Tablet PC. Wow, what a difference a Beta makes! Actually, we’re still some time away from a formal “Beta 2″ release, but I feel somebody should report on our progress… we released a new CTP a few weeks ago (Feb 2006) which is a snapshot of our Beta 2 work — available for download by MSDN Subscribers — and if I may say so, the overall experience on my Tablet PC is really quite nice.
In December 2005, Microsoft released a Community Technology Preview of Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly code-named “Avalon”), the new presentation subsystem for Windows that unifies development of documents, graphics, and applications into a common platform. The InkCanvas element in this new platform is your “one-stop shopping” solution for collecting and rendering ink inside of applications designed for Windows Presentation Foundation
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Ink in 3-D with Windows Presentation Foundation (December CTP)