Entries from August 2008 ↓

SmarterTools has released SmarterStats 4.x, the latest version of it’s web analytics tool. This release uses Silverlight for dynamic charting.

There is also a free edition available which allows you to run reporting on 1 site.

Looks like Microsoft has relaunched the Mojave Experiment website with a Silverlight front end. Initially the site was built in Flash, presumably to get as much exposure as possible when it first went live. Maybe now that the Olympics are over they feel the Silverlight plugin has enough penetration to switch to Silverlight.

The UI is nice and utilizes WPF’s DeepZoom to navigate the video windows.

Is it me or are the video playback controls a little hard to use though? If I inadvertently click in a video area the video restarts from the beginning, and the lack of a scrub bar makes this a little annoying.

Intersoft has launched an showcase for their upcoming Silverlight Interface Component Library. The demo site is very well put together and the concepts are well executed. Features include CoverFlow browsing and FishEye menus.


We love to see new Silverlight/WPF components and really appreciate their efforts. I just have one big problem with the demo site.

Explore the next generation User Interface for Silverlight 2.0. Indulge yourself with elegant navigation and brand-new UX concept. …

ORLY? Seems I’ve seen these “brand-new UX concepts” someplace before.

Steve over at the Expression Blend and Design blog has an article and source available on animating paths in WPF. Wish I found this 2 months ago.

Source code and writeup available here