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The Once and Future App

June 26, 2008

In the midst of writing some Silverlight code, something struck my funny bone:  .NET has an Application.Current. 
“Current” suggests “now”, and its existance suggests there was a need to distinguish “now” from something else.  Does that mean there could be an Application.Next?  Application.Future?  Application.Past?  Those could save me a lot of effort.  How will I fix […]

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Silverlight Supports Cross-Domain Calls

June 25, 2008

In getting back up to speed with Silverlight, and in particular the new Silverlight 2 beta 2, I’ve been surfing through the many quickstart topics on various web sites. While skimming “Receiving Plain XML Messages with Silverlight” these words lept out at me:
note: The WebClient class does not currently support cross-domain calls.
Say what?
The article then […]

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Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Released

June 9, 2008

In all the excitement of getting oriented in the new digs at Microsoft, I almost missed the news that Silverlight 2 beta 2 has been released!  You can get the goods from Silverlight.net.  I found a nice overview of what Silverlight 2 and beta 2 have over on the GeekValley blog.
Lots to dig into in Silverlight […]

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