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Windows® Presentation Foundation Unleashed
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Windows® Presentation Foundation Unleashed

by Adam Nathan, Daniel Lehenbauer - Lead Developer Responsible for WPF 3D
December 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
656 pages
17h 32m
English
Sams
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Chapter 1. Why Windows Presentation Foundation?

In This Chapter

In movies and on TV, the main characters are typically an exaggeration of the people you encounter in real life. They’re more attractive, they react quicker, and they somehow always know exactly what to do. The same could be said about the software they use.

This first struck me back in 1994 when watching the movie Disclosure, starring Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, and an email program that looks nothing like Microsoft Outlook! Throughout the movie, we’re treated to various visual features of the program: a spinning three-dimensional “e,” messages that unfold when you open them and crumple when you delete them, hints of inking ...

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