One of the first thing I get from the MIX06 website, and about halfway through the keynote. Normally, I don't blog anything about the videos I saw - in fact, the first 39 minutes is quite boring - but on the minute 39:30, they brought the BBC Director of New Media & Technology, Mr. Ashley Highfield, for a demo. THAT is what got me posting this.
In brief, he shows the BBC Gadget in Vista, which launches into a fullscreen WPF program, which is INCREDIBLE. This is one program that you have to see it to believe it, so get the keynote if you can. Do note it is a large video download, so spare some bandwidth.
I have been impressed with WCF, WF, and Cardspace, and this is where I focus my interest in. In this demo, I can see signs of all this in use, or potentially be used, but the experience is only so profound because the way it was presented using WPF. I have largely been taking WPF for granted, mainly because it does not (seemingly) involve with anything I doing now. After that demo, I'm no longer so sure. It gave me something to ponder about...
Well, I'm now way over lunchtime, and already I've spent more than half an hour composing this. I better continue this later.
P.S. So far I love this Live Writer. While it seems no better than your average editor, I prefer this than using the web-based editor of Blogger.
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