jQuery Editors: How to get started and improve productivity and experience
The Infragistics jQuery package comes complete with a range of editor widgets to help with one of the most common tasks - gathering information from the user and making sure it is the one you need...
View ArticleRemote usability testing: preparing for the worst-case scenario
One project I’ve been working on lately has involved a remote usability testing session that accommodates all the challenging resources: multiple channels (live screen tracking + audio recording + a...
View ArticleAnnouncing Coded UI Support for Windows Forms
I am pleased to announce that we will be shipping CodedUI Test support for major controls in the upcoming NetAdvantage for Windows Forms 12.2 release slated for early October 2012. If you are not...
View ArticlePoor UX and Service Designs are Out There
Inspite of the efforts made in establishing a working definition, Service Design is still quite difficult to define let alone convince others that it's real and that there are really poor interaction...
View ArticleDetails for my Windows 8 MVVM talk at TechEd Australia
This is my first time presenting at Microsoft TechEd (long time attendee, first time speaker). I have given variations of this talk at DDD Melbourne, DDD Sydney and XDDN Melbourne and the feedback from...
View ArticleLincoln .NET User Group–On the Road with Prism
Last week I traveled to Nebraska to give my “Introduction to Prism” presentation to the Lincoln .NET User Group and the Omaha .NET User Group. My first stop was on Aug 29 at the Lincoln .NET User...
View ArticleSecondary and Primary user Actions
One quick and easy way of making any application or website more usable is to identify primary actions and secondary actions. Primary actions are the most frequently used that guide the user along an...
View ArticleOmaha .NET User Group–On the Road with Prism
Last week I traveled to Nebraska to give my “Introduction to Prism” presentation to the Lincoln .NET User Group and the Omaha .NET User Group. My first stop was on Aug 29 at the Lincoln .NET User Group...
View ArticleXamRibbon–Creating a Color Gallery the MVVM Way
If you are a user of Infragistics NetAdvantage for WPF and have used the xamRibbon control, then chances are you have probably had the need to create a gallery of some type. In this post I will show...
View ArticleHDC Event Follow-up: iOS Development Survival Guide for the .NET Guy
I want to express a warm thank you to all the HDC attendees who came to my talk last Thursday, titled “iOS Development Survival Guide for the .NET Guy”. We had a big crowd in the room and I had a lot...
View ArticleSouthwest Florida .NET Code Camp Recap
This past weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to attend and speak at the Southwest Florida .NET Code Camp 2012 in sunny Naples, FL. It was a great event with over 80 attendees. I was there as both...
View ArticleSharePoint Saturday Ozarks: Event Recap
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the SharePoint Saturday Ozarks event in Branson, Missouri. There’s nothing like being in the Midwest at this time of year. Mark...
View ArticleIntroduction to the jQuery Map
Hey people ! This post , along with four more will try to shed light on the latest addition to the range of Infragistics jQuery controls – the jQuery Map. Albeit in a CTP stage , you can expect to...
View ArticleThe Infragistics Tree with a Context Menu
Introduction igTree simplifies the presentation of your hierarchical data into a web-based tree structure, depicting familiar parent-child relationships between nodes of information. This blog post...
View ArticleXamDockManager–A Prism RegionAdapter
Writing a generic custom Prism RegionAdapter for a complex control is sometimes difficult, because custom RegionAdapters are custom. They normally have some specific logic built into them that make...
View ArticleDyson Air Blade & Thorough Design
When I was in college many moons ago, our prof would take us to everyday machines like copy machines, vending machines, elevators, etc. for an ad-hoc design evaluation. Every time I see one of those...
View ArticleBuilding responsive web design using CSS3 Media Queries!
With the mobile devices growing in number, web development has become a little more complex. People now access Internet from tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices, which means as a developer...
View ArticleWindows 8 Unleashed Boise Follow-up
This past Friday, I had the opportunity to present in the third and final session slot at Windows 8 Unleashed Boise. I would like to thank my colleague Brian Lagunas for asking me to come out for this....
View ArticleI’ve been awarded Microsoft MVP for Windows Azure
This morning I got an email from Microsoft informing me that have been presented the Microsoft MVP award for Windows Azure. It is a great feeling to see my contributions to the community recognised...
View ArticleWindows 8 Unleashed - Boise: Event Follow-up
If you missed the Windows 8 Unleashed event last Friday in Boise, then you missed an awesome event. We had great speakers, a great facility, great food, and great attendees. It was great! The event was...
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