Comments on: Live from MIX ‘08 Keynote (Recap)

By: quikboy

quikboy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:02:30 +0000

@Eric R : Thanks!

By: Diving into the Microsoft MIX08 keynote powerpoint - istartedsomething

Diving into the Microsoft MIX08 keynote powerpoint - istartedsomething — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:01:36 +0000

[...] Ray Ozzie (or any Microsoft executive for that matter) presents at a keynote presentation like he did last week at MIX08, he or she usually brings with them a deck of Powerpoint slides full of snazzy animations and [...]

By: Eric R

Eric R — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:42:43 +0000

@quickboy

Electric Rain’s Stand Out was used. Its a bit of Powerpoint with an injection of XAML. Blend-like. Its an awesome tool. VERY professional presentation output.

By: quikboy

quikboy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:05:51 +0000

Wow. Some of this stuff actually looks interesting.

And did they actually use PowerPoint? Maybe I’m a bad PowerPoint maker, but this looks like it goes beyond what’s in PowerPoint 2007. Lots of beautiful graphics, text, effects, and stuff more akin to Keynote (Apple). Even better than the usual keynotes that Bill Gates had.

The Cirque du Soleil profiles chart looks super sleek. Along with the other things I would love to see for real.

I also can’t believe AOL is using Silverlight in their mail. (I also couldn’t help but noticed their new look seems akin to Live Hotmail, but it is speedier). AOL and MS aren’t exactly friends on the web.

MS should have more interesting presentations like this. Any videos?

By: Expression Studio 2 Beta + Silverlight 2 Beta 1 - Paul’s Blog - Australian MSP

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:26:51 +0000

[...] I’m not sure if xBlend 2.5 was announced recently, but I happened to see it in one of the slides from the Mix08 keynote, thanks to Long. [...]

By: » Internet Explorer 8 Beta Launches At Mix » InsideMicrosoft-part of the Blog News Channel

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:49:47 +0000

[...] Long Zheng has photos from the Mix keynote [...]

By: Eric R

Eric R — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:39:13 +0000

there was a reason that 15 year old singer didn’t look like Elvis, Long… he was a Johnny Cash impersonator and did a decent job considering his age. Although I hate the music.

IMO today was a bust. Sure, they dropped IE8 on us but I am a WPF guy and don’t care all too much for web dev or Silverlight. Looking forward to Ballmer/Kawasaki’s keynote and there are a LOT of technical sessions that look good.

By: tino

tino — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:19:30 +0000

There is one thing I will never understand: Why do almost all first versions of Silverlight apps have these ugly super-duper rounded corners???

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:45:35 +0000

IE8… mmm… uhh… unstable Between refreshes or simply clicks the pages are displayed differently. ACID2 is ok, ACID3 is 16/100

By: Emile

Emile — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:27:21 +0000

(live mail that is…)