Wiley Microsoft Expression Blend Bible 978-0-470-05503-8 Manuel D’Utilisation
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xpression Blend is part of a suite of new products from Microsoft that
aim at making it radically easier for designers and developers to col-
laborate in designing extraordinary user interfaces for Windows Vista,
aim at making it radically easier for designers and developers to col-
laborate in designing extraordinary user interfaces for Windows Vista,
Windows XP and the Web.
Blend supports a new paradigm for user interface design for both Windows
applications and Web applications, primarily by taking unprecedented
advantage of two advanced computer hardware and software technologies:
applications and Web applications, primarily by taking unprecedented
advantage of two advanced computer hardware and software technologies:
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the hardware-accelerated 3D graphics that are common on today’s
computers and
computers and
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the automatic generation of XAML code, Microsoft’s new XML-
based language for rapid construction of sophisticated user inter-
faces.
based language for rapid construction of sophisticated user inter-
faces.
Blend exploits these technologies to make it quick and easy for you to create
user interfaces that deeply utilize rich media content, that are highly interac-
tive, that can be driven by customized controls, and that attain new levels of
usability and aesthetics for end-users to enjoy — often without requiring you
to write code.
user interfaces that deeply utilize rich media content, that are highly interac-
tive, that can be driven by customized controls, and that attain new levels of
usability and aesthetics for end-users to enjoy — often without requiring you
to write code.
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IN THIS CHAPTER
Discovering new possibilities for
user interfaces
user interfaces
Using animation, video, audio,
3D, and vector graphics in
application design
3D, and vector graphics in
application design
Choosing layout panels and
controls
controls
Customizing WPF controls
Building your user interface
using hierarchical structures
using hierarchical structures
Collaborating with other
designers and developers
designers and developers
Exploring new user interface
design paradigms
design paradigms
Exploring New User
Interface Techniques
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