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Evolution of Windows Explorer
Tue, Aug 30 2011 3:05 PM

Nice post of Steven Sinofsky on MSDN blogs about the history and future of Windows Explorer. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/29/improvements-in-windows-explorer.aspx (edit 31-08-2011) And Martin Tirion of Microsoft Netherlands wrote about it a day later (in Dutch). http://blogs.microsoft.nl/blogs/ux/archive/2011/08/30/windows-explorer-in-windows-8... Read More...

by Andries van der Meulen | with no comments

Filed under: User Experience Design, Microsoft, Design, Windows 7, Ribbon, Windows 8

Storing and retrieving WPF RibbonWindow settings (including the usercustomizable QuickAccessToolbar)
Tue, May 17 2011 6:42 PM

When you’re creating a desktop application you'd probably want to store some user settings. Especially when using the Ribbon inside your application, there are several things (like RibbonIsMinimized and ShowQuickAccessToolBarOnTop ) that users can set and want to keep even if the application en closed and restarted. There are several ways to store these user... Read More...

by Andries van der Meulen | with no comments

Filed under: Microsoft, Interaction, WPF, QuickAccessToolbar, Ribbon, .NET

Microsoft Silverlight 5.0 features for developers
Tue, Dec 21 2010 3:56 PM

Recently on Silverlight 5.0 Firestarter event ScottGu has announced road map for Silverlight 5.0. There will be lots of features that will be there in Silverlight 5.0 but here are few glimpses of Silverlight 5.0 Features.   Improved Data binding support and Better support for MVVM: One of the greatest strength of Silverlight is its data binding. Microsoft... Read More...

by Andries van der Meulen | with no comments

Filed under: Microsoft, Silverlight

Windows 7
Tue, Aug 25 2009 11:03 AM

I’ve been using Windows 7 Enterprise (RTM) for about a week now, and I must say, I really see the benefits of working with it. Although you might consider it “Windows Vista +”, I’m sure that there’s still plenty of new features I haven’t noticed yet. But for the end user (like me) there are a couple of things that I’ve used now (whether it’s desired or not).... Read More...

by Andries van der Meulen | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Microsoft, Windows 7, Personal Experience

Expression Blend not for Designers, but for Integrators
Wed, Jul 1 2009 10:26 AM

Last Friday I was at the SDN Event in Houten , where I followed several UX tracks, and spoke with the speakers afterwards. I was trying to find out how they worked with Designers and Developers and the technique’s Silverlight and WPF. And almost everybody agreed (except Kevin McNeish for some reason) on how to let these two groups cooperate. You will need someone... Read More...

by Andries van der Meulen | 6 comment(s)

Filed under: Development, Microsoft, Blend, SDN, Design

Designers & Developers within the ALM / TFS vision.
Tue, Jun 2 2009 12:17 PM

What Wikipedia says about ALM: Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the marriage of business management to software engineering made possible by tools that facilitate and integrate requirements management , architecture , coding , testing , tracking , and release management . Like most people know, Microsoft supports this with their Team Foundation system... Read More...

by Andries van der Meulen | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Development, User Experience Design, Application Lifecycle Management, Microsoft, Blend, Team System

Blend 3
Tue, Mar 24 2009 11:17 AM

Most people probably already know that Microsoft's MIX09 event took place last week. Because I am specialized in Microsoft development, this event has introduced a lot of interesting new stuff. But because there are so many people already blogging about the new releases and new developments, that I think it is really not necessary for me to start writing... Read More...

by Andries van der Meulen | with no comments

Filed under: Microsoft, Prototyping, MIX, Blend, Sketch Flow

Meet Adaptive IT
Tue, Mar 10 2009 12:26 PM

For those here in the Netherlands, my company has given the opportunity for those interested to learn more about Adaptive IT. The event is on the 20th of April. Look for more information on the invitation that is displayed below (in Dutch). You can register yourself at the Inter Access Adaptive ICT page .   Alleen voor de échte Top Professionals en IT Architecten... Read More...

by Andries van der Meulen | with no comments

Filed under: HP, Compellent, Inter Access, Microsoft, VMWare, Adaptive ICT