At this time (version 2 Beta 1), in the life of Silverlight there is no 64-bit support. I'm not certain if or when 64-bit support will appear, but I don't think Vista 64-bit users should go without Silverlight. And the good news is they don't have to. In most cases, running Silverlight applic…
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Download 1.2 now This is a very small update that is the same as version 1.1, except that a fix has been added to allow the sidebar gadget to run if you have installed the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 runtime. There was a small bug in path resolution that the team is aware of and will hopefully be able to…
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Download 1.1 Now Performance Improvements A week ago, I posted the first version of the Xbox Friends Watch Gadget. I received a lot of great feedback and feature suggestions. The most noticeable was the excessive amount of memory consumed for some people. I've gone through and …
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Wow, so much feedback on the Xbox Friends Watch Gadget its crazy. Major Nelson did end up posting a link to the gadget (thanks Duncan) and the flood gates opened. 47 comments so far on my post, 120 comments on Major Nelson's, 1,388 views on the demo screencast on Channel 9 and according …
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[UPDATE: version 1.1 has been posted, performance improvements and an auto version checker now included.]
HALO 3 is out and my Xbox is now getting the love it truly deserves. Multiplayer mode in HALO is a lot of fun and even more fun when you can play with friends. Thus, a perfec…
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I spent some time working on a Sidebar Gadget tonight and I ran into some issues once I was ready to gather live data. Cross-domain XMLHttpRequests are permitted in Sidebar gadget, which certainly adds much more value and possibilities. I found my bug and smashed it whole-heartedly, …
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I just noticed that the new documentation for developing Sidebar gadgets on Windows Vista RC1 is up and live on MSDN - Object Model Reference Dev Overview. I'm looking forward to working on some gadgets for Channel 9 and 10. A mini application using simple languages like JavaScript and H…
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