http://duncanmackenzie.net/blog/tags/Vista/atom/default.aspx blogATOMTagFeedThu, 28 Aug 2008 13:04:19 GMTOxite blogATOMTagFeed<p>We recently had Donovan West (<a href="http://livegadgets.net/">LiveGadgets.net</a>) build us a set of sidebar gadgets for Windows Vista. These gadgets use the RSS feeds from each site and let you see all of our new content as it gets posted, then (using Silverlight) you can even play our videos right there on your desktop. </p> <p><a href="http://duncanmackenzie.net/images/a40241c2-1d0c-4f58-97bc-215eb3c7ffc4.png"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="147" alt="The Gadget in its open state" src="http://duncanmackenzie.net/images/9cfa4634-abe8-466b-8564-036df610d1d3.png" width="320" border="0"></a> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>You can check out the gadgets (for <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com">Channel 9</a>, <a href="http://visitmix.com/">Mix</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/">C8</a>, <a href="http://edge.technet.com/">Edge</a>, and <a href="http://on10.net/">on10.net</a>) by clicking on the appropriate image below:</p> <p><a href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=669beb7e-532a-47d9-ac88-230490edb5d1"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="130" alt="Channel 9 Gadget" src="http://duncanmackenzie.net/images/03c39cce-e2dd-45e5-a86b-0d4c5433da3b.png" width="130" border="0"></a> <a href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=6ed75c56-86a0-4479-bb97-99aba94e8a33"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="130" alt="Channel 10 Gadget for on10.net" src="http://duncanmackenzie.net/images/15e9764a-f5a8-4226-8889-d0d5d3e418fd.png" width="130" border="0"></a> <a href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=77310b65-9f97-4311-8fae-ffa3d7d8f90f"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="134" alt="TechNet Edge Gadget" src="http://duncanmackenzie.net/images/ac1799a8-7aad-4c4b-bfe1-519553b44148.png" width="130" border="0"></a> <a href="http://gallery.live.com/LiveItemDetail.aspx?li=6f64b0d5-84eb-4575-b885-3652bdfc31d5"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="130" alt="Mix Online (visitmix.com) gadget" src="http://duncanmackenzie.net/images/930fceec-a563-441a-a605-51c74a850f7a.png" width="130" border="0"></a> <a href="http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=ae5fede5-e5ed-49af-85a5-d357580c1e2b"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="136" alt="Channel 8 (channel8.msdn.com) gadget" src="http://duncanmackenzie.net/images/c396e0d8-3d28-422c-9b8f-10f997fd9f8f.png" width="130" border="0"></a></p>http://duncanmackenzie.net/blog/sidebar-gadgets-for-channel-9-channel-8-and-more/default.aspxFri, 04 Apr 2008 20:32:00 GMTDuncan Mackenzie<p>Adam Kinney, Silverlight dude and my colleague at work, <a href="http://adamkinney.com/blog/322/default.aspx" target="_blank">has released an updated version of his Xbox Friends Watch gadget and a new standalone gamercard gadget for your website that uses Silverlight 2.0</a>.</p> <object data="data:application/x-silverlight," type="application/x-silverlight-2-b1" width="204" height="160"> <param name="source" value="http://adamkinney.com/xbf/XboxGamerCard.xap" /> <param name="background" value="#00000000" /> <param name="Windowless" value="True" /> <param name="enableHtmlAccess" value="True" /> <param name="initParams" value="gamertag=festive%20turkey" /> <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=108182" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img src="http://adamkinney.com/xbf/gci.jpg" alt="Get Microsoft Silverlight" style="border-style: none" /> </a> </object>http://duncanmackenzie.net/blog/new-xbox-friends-gadget-released-and-a-silverlight-gamercard-generator/default.aspxThu, 03 Apr 2008 18:05:00 GMTDuncan Mackenzie<p>Awesome gadget from <a href="http://www.adamkinney.com/" target="_blank">Adam Kinney</a>, great information and a nice slick UI done in Silverlight. </p> <p><a href="http://adamkinney.com/blog/272/default.aspx" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2226/1740762008_37e32fee86.jpg?v=0" border="0"></a> </p> <p><a href="http://adamkinney.com/blog/272/default.aspx" target="_blank">Xbox Friends Watch - Get the Gadget!</a></p>http://duncanmackenzie.net/blog/silverlight-based-sidebar-gadget-showing-your-xbox-friends/default.aspxThu, 25 Oct 2007 17:42:00 GMTDuncan Mackenzie<blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.on10.net/Blogs/tina/halo-2-on-vista-weve-got-the-new-maps-features-and-achievements/">Halo 2 on Vista: We've got the new maps, features and achievements</a></p>Posted by <a href="http://www.on10.net/people/Tina/">Tina Wood</a> today at 8:40 AM <p><img height="225" alt="Halo 2 on Vista: We've got the new maps, features and achievements" src="http://on10.net/images/entries/preview/Halo2onVista_large_on10.jpg" width="300"> <p>Halo 2 is officially coming to Vista.&nbsp; It is shipping to retailers on May 22nd.&nbsp; I sit down with Jo Clowes from Hired Gun to talk about new features, new maps and what we can expect from Halo 2 on Vista.&nbsp;We bring you all the cool visuals.&nbsp; Jo talks to us about some of the achievements you can earn for both single player and multi-player.&nbsp; There's a flaming Ninja achievement you earn through multi-player where you kill three....oh, well you'll just have to watch the video to find out about that one.&nbsp;</p></blockquote> <p>Including footage of me playing through a few moments of the first level... and even a shot of my gamercard :)</p>http://duncanmackenzie.net/blog/halo-2-on-vista-interview-up-on-10/default.aspxWed, 09 May 2007 19:48:00 GMTDuncan MackenzieIf you are looking for Aero/Glass style icons... check out <a title="http://www.vistaico.com/" href="http://www.vistaico.com/">http://www.vistaico.com/</a> <p>This is a spin-off site from <a title="http://www.vistaicons.com/" href="http://www.vistaicons.com/">http://www.vistaicons.com/</a>&nbsp;where you can find a few more icons... I'm still trying to find the money side of this (I'm assuming you give away good icons to lead to a purchase of more? But I can't find any to buy...) so let me know if you figure it out.</p>http://duncanmackenzie.net/blog/free-vista-icons/default.aspxWed, 08 Nov 2006 16:46:00 GMTDuncan Mackenzie