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  • An Interview with Jeff Wilcox about his work with Silverlight and the Silverlight Toolkit

    0 comments  /  posted by  Silverlight Show  on  Feb 24, 2011 (6 days ago)
    Tags: Steve Wortham , Jeff Wilcox

    SilverlightShow Page for all Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 (WP7) things on TwitterSteve Wortham has published an interview with Jeff Wilcox about his experience with Silverlight.

    Source: SilverlightXAP Blog

    I interviewed Jeff about his work with Silverlight, the Silverlight Toolkit, and his ongoing efforts at Microsoft. Though unofficial, below are his thoughts on the subject.


  • Silverlight 5, HTML5, and what the future may bring

    0 comments  /  posted by  Silverlight Show  on  Feb 15, 2011 (2 weeks ago)
    Tags: Silverlight 5 , HTML5 , Steve Wortham

    SilverlightShow Page for all Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 (WP7) resources on TwitterIn this post, Steve Wortham discusses the future of both Silverlight 5 and HTML5.

    Source: SilverlightXAP Blog

    Ever since PDC last year there's been stirring talk about Silverlight's future. Some people think Silverlight's days are numbered with broad HTML5 support just around the corner. These rumors have been perpetuated even today by those anxious to see HTML5 come to fruition. And some irresponsible journalism may have been at play as well.

  • XAP File Optimization Techniques for 2011

    0 comments  /  posted by  Silverlight Show  on  Jan 26, 2011 (1 month ago)
    Tags: XAP , Optimization , Steve Wortham

    SilverlightShow Page for all Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 (WP7) things on Twitter In this post, Steve Wortham shows some techniques on optimizing your XAP file.

    Source: SilverlightXAP Blog

    So you've created something cool in Silverlight but your XAP file is bigger than you would've hoped. What can you do about it?

    Well there are tips to be found on the internet. Some say that recompressing the XAP file with something like WinRAR on its "best" compression setting will help. But that was in the Visual Studio 2008 / Silverlight 2 days. Now if you're building a Silverlight 4 app in Visual Studio 2010 it's already going to be compressed about as heavily as is possible.