Presentation advances in.NET Framework 3.0 Mark Johnston Developer & Platform Group, Microsoft Ltd

Agenda Value of UX to software developers Windows Presentation Foundation Demos –WPF – Visual Studio + Expression –Real-world apps

UX

Ease of Use Learn ability PerformanceReliabilitySecurity Optimized form factors Legibility / Readability Relevance / Contextualization Richness Graphics & Media Data Visualization Higher Fidelity Information GlobalizationAccessibility Hardware & Printing Integration Measuring UX ROI (end user behaviors / benefits) SuccessProductivityRetentionComprehensionConversionSatisfactionExcitement Repeat Use User Experience in Software?Windows VistaOffice 2007

An industry challenge?

.NET 3 and WPF

Windows Presentation Foundation.NET Fx V3.0 V2.0 Compilers V2.0 CLR VS 2005 Vista, XP Sp2, Server 2003 Sp1

PresentationCore Composition Engine PresentationFramework WPF Architecture

Application Services Deployment Services Databinding USER INTERFACE SERVICES XAML Accessibility Property System Input & Eventing BASE SERVICES DOCUMENT SERVICES Packaging Services XPS Documents Animation 2D 3D AudioImaging Text VideoEffects Composition Engine MEDIA INTEGRATION LAYER Controls Layout WPF Architecture

XAML eXtensible Application Mark-up Language –Easily tool-able –Declarative mark-up –Can be rendered in the browser or as standalone application Click Me Click Me

12... Please click me </Button> void DoClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { MyButton.Content = "Thanks!"; MyButton.Content = "Thanks!";}... Button.xaml Button.xaml.cs

Platform Basics: Controls, Layout and Vector graphics

XAMLPad

Developers and Designers

Expression Studio

Expression Design Expression Blend

“XAML” “XAML”

Developer Designer Workflow Expression Design Expression Blend Visual Studio

Visual Studio + Expression

Platform Basics: Text and Reading

Platform Basics: Media and 3D support

New York Times – Times Reader

CONCLUSION WPF is media rich, interactive user interfaces on the.NET Framework Great tool support for Developers and Designers XAML is the enabling language

Resources My blog for follow-up post launch – Karsten’s 5 days to WPF Nirvana – Tim Sneath’s perfect WPF workstation – perfect-wpf-developer-workstation.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2006/12/20/building-a- perfect-wpf-developer-workstation.aspx Books –Applications = Code + Markup by Charles Petzold –Programming WPF by Chris Sells and Ian Griffith –Foundations of WPF by Laurence Mahoney –Pro WPF... by Matthew MacDonald

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