Xbox Friends Watch

After much anticipation version 2 of the XboxFriendsWatch GamerCard is available for your enjoyment...

This one includes color/image customization and theme support. Shooting for tomorrow night!

New versions of the apps are on the way! Suggest features and vote in the new feedback forum http://xboxfriendswatch.uservoice.com/

After a few changes the Xbox Friends Watch Gamercard now runs on Beta 2.  The few changes I had to make included updating the project file in Visual Studio to match Beta 2 Adding System.Net as a reference since the WebClient class has moved there Changing Storyboard.GetClockState to...

This is Part 3 in a series covering how the Xbox Gamercard application was made using Silverlight 2.  In this part I will cover how the interface is updated once the data is retrieved...

This is Part 2 in a series covering how the Xbox Gamercard application was made using Silverlight 2.  In this part I will cover how the data is retrieved...

I recently published an Xbox Gamercard based on Silverlight 2 Beta 1.  In that post a talked a little bit about the XAP model which now allows you to embed Silverlight applications via the object.  In Silverlight 1.0 application instantiation was handled via JavaScript and HTML with loose...

At this time (version 2 Beta 1), in the life of Silverlight there is no 64-bit support.  I'm not certain if or when 64-bit support will appear, but I don't think Vista 64-bit users should go without Silverlight. And the good news is they don't have to...

Xaps One of my favorite new features of Silverlight 2 is the new Application model.  Moving on from version 1.0, where JavaScript instantiation was the only way to start your app and you were restricted to the same origin as the web page, enter the Xap.  The new packaging model, not only bundles...

Download 1.2 now This is a very small update that is the same as version 1.1, except that a fix has been added to allow the sidebar gadget to run if you have installed the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 runtime...

Download 1.1 Now Performance Improvements A week ago, I posted the first version of the Xbox Friends Watch Gadget.  I received a lot of great feedback and feature suggestions.  The most noticeable was the excessive amount of memory consumed for some people.  I've gone through and optimized,...

Wow, so much feedback on the Xbox Friends Watch Gadget its crazy.  Major Nelson did end up posting a link to the gadget (thanks Duncan) and the flood gates opened.  47 comments so far on my post, 120 comments on Major Nelson's, 1,388 views on the demo screencast on Channel 9 and according to my...