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List of WPF Applications just keeps growing...

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I have been attempting to maintain my own list of WPF Applications which also tries to call out UK efforts - but a more complete list can be found over at https://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/WPF.ApplicationPortfolio 

I think the list deserves a little "health warning". WPF is a new and powerful technology which can deliver great User Experience and... not so great User Experience. We warned our early adopters about this a year+ back in our "Just because you can put the entire application UI into a single spinning button, that doesn't mean it is a good thing to do" speech :-)

Added a few "personal comments" in italics

Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista - New IM client (SCREENCAST). ERIC: Looking very nice - but when do we do something even better?

New York Times Reader - Next-generation online reading experience for the NY Times (MSI).  ERIC: Excellent News Reader with some smart use of WPF

Microsoft Calendar Printing Assistant - Generate printed calendars from your Outlook schedule (MSI).

Microsoft Expression Blend - Designer tool for building WPF experiences (MSI).

Microsoft Expression Design - illustration and graphic design tool (MSI).

Microsoft Windows Live for TV - 3D access to Messenger contacts from Media Center or IE (MSI).

Electric Rain Standout - High-end custom presentation software (SCREENCAST).

Wikipedia Explorer - 3D exploration of related articles from Wikipedia (APPLICATION). ERIC: Nice application - but doesn't always do what I expect it to do. Probably user error

iBloks - Mashup application for creating 3D movies (MSI). ERIC: One of the early applications. Lots of fun for (IMHO) the younger folks

RikReader - RSS Reader that integrates with Internet Explorer 7 (APPLICATION).

Nostalgia - Yahoo! Flickr browser and photo manager (APPLICATION).

Cine.View - Netflix movie queue manager (APPLICATION).

Cool Text Vector Draw - A vector drawing program with 1200 fonts available via a web service (XBAP).

Actipro Wizard - A control for building wizard dialogs in WPF (XBAP).

UniveRSS - A 3D Vista RSS reader (APPLICATION). ERIC: I really do not like this one. Avoid IMHO. Enough said.

Xceed Datagrid for WPF Live Explorer - Hands-on demo of Xceed's free new Datagrid for WPF (XBAP).

DominoKen - Artistic 3D XBAP demonstration from Microsoft Japan (XBAP).

Denounce - Stand-alone podcast listener and blog reader (APPLICATION). ERIC:  I really like the use of WPF - but it lacks so much as a RSS Reader e.g. compared to FeedGhost.

British Library Turning the Pages - British Library's 'virtual viewer' for some of their most precious books (XBAP). Absolutely awesome effort from the UK.

ITN Hub Player - Video clips and news stories from ITN (APPLICATION).

Evolution Media Center - HTPC Front-end with stunning animations and dynamic XAML-skinning (ZIP).

OTTO - Online clothing shopping (APPLICATION).

Metaliq - Snowboarding data visualization (ZIP).

WeatherNews - 3D Weather visualization (XBAP).

Shiseido - Make up online shopping (XBAP).

DOSV - Computer Configuration (XBAP). ERIC: I get awful performance with this one.

Warner - Movie Previews and Showtimes (XBAP).

Notescraps - Random information manager (MSI). ERIC: Simple, attractive - I even like the Buy Now UI - just feels "vista" :)

Valil.Chess.WinFX - Chess game (XBAP, APPLICATION) ERIC: Very early sample which shows some great (if "straightforward" 3D). Code available.

NetAdvantage for WPF - Infragistics NetAdvantage for WPF 2007 controls (APPLICATION).

fnac.com - French retailer shopping experience (set system to French locale to run) (APPLICATION). ERIC: Will not run unless you change the locale - but worth it

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2007
    Looks like there are a lot of people jumping on the WPF gravy-train at the moment with an absolute tonne