user interface
Multiple ways to open PowerShell in the current Explorer window
These techniques are generic and can be used for other items like command prompt as well. A word of caution, everything given below involves fiddling with the registry so please backup your system’s registry or create a restore point before trying this out.
1) Adding it to Vista Explorer’s toolbar:
This is the most convenient one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Silverlight 2.0 Beta-1 now available, version 1.0 ported to Nokia mobiles
Microsoft has just released highly anticipated first beta of Silverlight here. The development tools for visual studio 2008 can be downloaded from here. Tutorials are also available on the same site.
This link reports that Silverlight is now also available on the Nokia mobile devices (specifically S60 on Symbian OS, as well as for Series 40 [...]
Setting up BlazeDS with Flex
Let me give some introduction first.
BlazeDS is a server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology that allows to connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real-time to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR rich Internet applications (RIA). Because of its open licensing, BlazeDS is not precluded from being used with other client platforms, such [...]
Tabs for windows explorer
QT Tab Bar is a new software that I have come across that alows you to have tabs on windows explorer.
It integrates very well in the windows interface and adds features that are normally associated to a web browser like firefox. When you middle click on a folder it opens in a new tab, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Creating a User Interface in Ruby using WPF
Let me first explain what is WPF?
WPF is the graphical subsystem if the .NET 3.0 framework and it is there to take the place of window forms which we used with earlier versions of .NET
So what’s so great about WPF?
Actually WPF is has its roots in DirectX API so you can easily create 2D and [...]


