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Avalon and XAML Great for Developers, But maybe Fox should do it first

XAML or XUL (Mozilla's version) - two ways of building user interfaces via XML. Column posts some great problems with this issue: Is this going to be compiled at run time into the application or via a compiler via VS.net and C#? I don't know. Based on the demos I've seen, it would seem that XAML is loaded and compiled via some sort of software processing system because there was a noticeable pause between the window being created and the UI coming up. Great - more application delay! Now how do you explain this to your customers? Don't get me wrong - I LOVE The idea. Maybe FoxPro should support the first incarnation of it. After all, it's a LOT faster than any of the .Net stuff for parsing strings, etc. BetaNews | Commentary: Avalon and XAML Great for Developers, But...
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Longhorn - and the UI of the future will be

"Among the features shown off were transparent windows, animated windows that pop open and a new taskbar on the righthand side of the screen that displayed a clock, buddy list, and news and other information streamed onto the desktop via an RSS feed. " ooohhh...ummm - don't I already have that? (hopefully it's an intelligent RSS feed that combines from multiple sources) Quite frankly I don't WANT my news streaming onto my desktop - I have too much news right now when simply clicking on newsfeeds in Outlook (thanks to Gator) Granted I was not present but if this is the best the news media had to offer about it...I'm worried. There is something to be said about "cluttered" windows (which is why Apple trotted out their new Panther software with a better Alt+Tab view). People today suffer from information overload. The System Tray was supposed to only hold a few icons but now every company loads onto it so much it looks like an old TSR list...
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Wherever You Say, Yvonne, I Will Go

Well - at least they've realized that a friendly voice is better than the mechanical sounding voice from typical SAPI applications. Now - the big question: does it work in Canada? All of these great GPS navigation systems are completely useless unless you are in a major US city. Hate to break it to the designers but there are other places in the world. Wherever You Say, Yvonne, I Will Go
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October Hentzenwerke news: FoxTales - Behind the Scenes at Fox Software released

Great new things from Hentzenwerke! 1. FoxTales: Behind the Scenes at Fox Software released 2. Painless Legacy FoxPro Applications on Modern Networks ebook released 3. Big, big, big sale - it's Halloween! 1. FoxTales: Behind the Scenes at Fox Software released ------------------------------------------------------- FoxTales: Behind the Scenes at Fox Software chronicles the rise and sale of Fox Software by one of the early developers, Kerry Nietz. Kerry joined Fox Software fresh out of college in the late 80's, and was responsible for the Report Writer, the Screen Painter, the Foundation Read, and other parts of Fox that you still use every day. While doing so, he found the time to keep a detailed diary of events in Perrysburg through the day that the development team packed up their offices and moved to Microosft. This is his story. We've been shipping this book to Seattle and Toledo by the crate; get your copy before they're all gone! No s...
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