Windows Vista First Glance

昨天（12月6日）我去听了一个Windows Vista的讲座。简单介绍一下有趣的内容。

• Windows Presentation Foundation("Avalon") - 简称WPF

It's vector-based, not bitmap-based.

• Windows Communication Foundation("Indigo") - 简称WCF

• XPS. Document created in Word does not need Word to view. 原来是用来与Adobe的PDF竞争的(打击Adobe 微软Office12 支持XPS格式)。
  

• Workflow
  
• www.windowsworkflow.net
• msdn.microsoft.com/workflow

• Atlas (Microsoft's AJAX): JavaScript strong-typed library on client, and ASP.NET 2.0 library on server
  
• Virtual Places
• Windows Live
• www.start.com
• Different browsers have different implementation of XMLHTTP, so currently Atlas may not support all major browsers

• Gadgets

分三种

• Gadgets for browser
• Gadgets for Windows SideBar
• Gedgets for Windows SideShow (on Auxillary Devices)

应用Gadgets的网站

• bus tracker
• Chicagocrime.org
  
• www.live.com
• www.start.com
  

开发

• js + css + xml
• www.start.com/developer
• www.microsoftgadgets.com