Windows Presentation Foundation

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Windows Presentation Foundation
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User Experience Recent Past

• Web
• 1995 - HTML
• Sacrificed UX for portability, connectivity and
  simplicity
• 1997 DHTML
• Interactivity for the web not heavily used until
  recently
• 2005 Increasing Interactivity
• The rediscovery of DHTML

• Windows
• 1994 Win32
• New level of functionality for installed
  applications
• Many libraries on top including MFC, ATL, VB
• 1996 DirectX
• Gaming platform for Windows
• 2002 Windows Forms
• Developer productivity for Win32

2006 and Beyond Rising demand for richness
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User Experience Matters Productivity Software
MSN Hotmail (today)
MSN Hotmail (beta)
Office Outlook
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User Experience Matters Consumer Software
HTML
DHTML
WinFX
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Rising Expectations for User Experience
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WPF Windows or Web?

• WPF applications are delivered securely either
  stand-alone or hosted in a browser

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Presentation Technologies
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Windows Presentation Foundation
BUILD THE APPLICATIONS YOU ALWAYS DREAMED OF
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The WPF Approach

• Unified approach to UI, Documents, and Media
• Integrated development and experiences
• New Windows Infrastructure
• Retained graphics, vector based engine
• Built on modern display hardware (D3D)
• Modern development framework and patterns
• Designers and Tools Matter
• Bringing designers into the process
• Declarative programming models for toolablity and
  flexibility

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Windows Presentation Foundation
Demo
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Enable better product differentiation through
improved user experience while providing higher
development productivity.