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Taking Your Application to the Next Level with Windows 7
LYNN LANGITDEVELOPER EVANGELIST – MICROSOFT
HTTP://BLOGS.MSDN.COM/SOCALDEVGAL
Taskbars Jump lists OverlaysBeyond Human Interaction with Windows 7 Sensor and Location Platform
Today’s Agenda
Taking Your Application to the Next Level with Windows 7
Building Next Generation UI with Multitouch & Windows Ribbon in Windows 7
Design Goals For New Taskbar Single Launch Surface Easily controllable Clean, noise-free, and simple New opportunities for extensibility
The New Windows 7 Taskbar
Evolution of launch surfaces Clean, sleek, elegant design Enhances user productivity, making switching
between windows much easier Host of other useful features
Main Features Overlay icons & progress bars
Jump lists (destinations, tasks)
Thumbnail toolbars
Custom thumbnails
Tabbed thumbnails
Design Tip Build a great Taskbar Icon Forget about Quick Launch and the system tray
Windows® Taskbar Features
Windows 7 TaskbarA Tour
demo
Windows 7 TaskbarZooBar
demo
Summary
Build a great Windows 7 Application Get compatible Optimize Differentiate
Get the most out of Windows 7 Greater reliability Better performance Resource utilization Empower users to do more
Additional Windows 7 ResourcesTechnical Resources
Windows 7 Blog for Developers www.windowsteamblog.com/blogs/developers.aspx
Windows 7 on Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Windows+7
Windows Developer Center on MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd433113.aspx
Windows Application Compatibility Developer Center http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/aa904987.aspx
Windows 7 Remediation Labs http://www.readyset7.com/workshops
Windows 7 Training Kit for Developers http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9681321
“PhotoView” Reference Application (XP2Win7Project) http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/XP2Win7
Training Offers—Exclusive for Launch Attendees www.microsoft.com/learning/careeroffers
Training Resources
Community Resources
SoCal Windows 7 Developer ResourcesTechnical Resources
Underground @PDC – Wed, Nov 18 – 7pm until late
CodeCampLA – Sat/Sun, Nov 20 – 21 - http://www.lacodecamp.com/
Slides – http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal
Code samples – my blog (as above)
Recordings – from San Diego MSDN event – watch my blog for the link
Conference – PDC09 – Nov 17-19 in LA - http://microsoftpdc.com/
PreCon – FREE – Windows 7 Developer Bootcamp @PDC09 – Mon, Nov 16 in LA – must register http://microsoftpdc.com/Registration
Lynn’s blog series – http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal #Win7DevSeries
Training Resources
Community Events