With Windows 7, WPF 4, Silverlight 4, and the road paved by our multi-touch handheld devices, Multi-touch is really hitting mainstream.
While at MIX10, I spoke with Josh Blake about NaturalShow, his multi-touch not-PowerPoint presentation approach, written in WPF. Josh uses multi-touch to navigate through a really clever way of presenting material. I’d try and describe it, but it’s really best if you watch it.
- Josh Blake’s Blog – Deconstructing the NUI
- Josh’s MIX10 presentation
- Pete Brown’s Site and Blog 10rem.net
Creating your whole website using Silverlight isn’t usually the approach you’ll take–unless you happen to be a company specializing in Silverlight development.
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a standard for vector graphics on the web, supported by modern browsers. IE9 introduces GPU-accelerated SVG, enabling larger and faster vector graphics. Architect Ted Johnson and PM Lead Patrick Dengler of the IE team join Doug Schepers of W3C to talk about GPU-accelerated web standards, and what it means for the future.
Dave Campbell runs the super-popular 
One of the more interesting uses for Silverlight is casual gaming. When you add Windows Phone 7 Series into the mix, it becomes even more exciting.
The dream team is back. Well, nobody really calls them the “Dream Team” but they do – anyway, they’ve rustled up the top stories at Microsoft this week and here they are: