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    The design principles of intuitive UI are dead

    It seems to me that intuitive UI went the way of the dodo with the advent of flat, minimalistic UI. Windows 8's Metro UI, Windows 10's Fluent design, Android's Material design, etc., are featureless and indistinct. The brain has spent its entire existence processing the visible world in three...
  2. Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android: What developers need to know

    As you may have read on the Windows Experience blog, Joe Belfiore announced today that Microsoft Edge is coming to iOS and Android, bringing the best browsing experience on Windows 10 to more pockets around the world. Joe’s post has everything you need to know about availability and features of...
  3. Getting personal – speech and inking (App Dev on Xbox series)

    The way users interact with apps on different devices has gotten much more personal lately, thanks to a variety of new Natural User Interface features in the Universal Windows Platform. These UWP patterns and APIs are available for developers to easily bring in capabilities for their apps that...
  4. Kinect to Small Basic

    I cheating a little... Yesterday I highlighting this project in the Kinect Gallery, but since this news ties in so well with last week's blog post, I'm going to highlight here too. And can you really have enough Small Basic and Kinect news? :) Kinect for Small Basic System Requirements 1...
  5. Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7

    Microsoft have released IE11 for Windows 7: Download: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/ie-11-worldwide-languages
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    Windows 7 Need to disable windows security "The server ___ requires a username and password" dialog box

    I have an application, in which I need to perform a function. The function is supposed to open a window. However, when I try to perform this function it opens both the window it is supposed to open and also opens this dialog box. Once this has happened I cannot interact with either window, and...
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    Windows 7 XP to Win7 migration of a large real-time service with several user windows - help?

    A large real-time service (KGW) with several user windows (one graphical under Java) is not compatible with session 0 screen output being removed (Session 0 Isolation) in Win7 (and Vista). Under XP the first user to logon would be assigned to session 0, and would inherit KGW’s status windows...
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    Windows 7 Please Help Taksbar Not Responding.

    Ok I have been almost everywhere and still i cannot find a solution to this :( So like everytime i move my Taskbar anywhere from left to right up or down it goes milky and then i get the infamous Windows explorer is not responding.... I have tried SFC/scannow repair install spyware scanners...
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    Windows 7 Programs Refuse to Run. Explorer Hangs on any interaction.

    I installed windows 7 3 days ago and its been working fantastically as a replacement for windows vista. Today however windows 7 starts misbehaving. The toolbar, windows anything managed by "explorer.exe" refuses to work. It hangs for about 10-20 minutes before doing the action you requested...
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    Windows Vista Create windows vista sidebar widgets

    Ive just found out that you can actually create windows vista sidebar widgets or gadgets whatever you want to call them. Has anyone done this yet im interested in doing it if it aint too hard. You can create almost anything from what ive read very interesting stuff. Aparently you need to know...