Given that the main way users enter text in your Windows Phone 7 Series application is via a tiny onscreen keyboard (a “Software Input Panel” or SIP) it’s in everyone’s best interest to make sure the right keys are available to the user when they need them.
I promised someone at the end of my talk that I’d post my code and slides and while I’m lagging a little behind I’ve finally bundled them up and made them available for download here:
Slides + Code
Also, as a small note I’m slowly working this blog over to have a “Windows Phone 7 Design Series” look and feel, not sure how well the dark background and light text is going to carry over or how well my design kung fu will stack up but here goes.
A quick heads up for anyone that saw my upcoming talk at MIX10. I’m super excited (why do normal excited when you can be super excited!) to show everyone the basics of Silverlight so people can begin creating rockstar web and Windows Phone applications.
MIX is by far my favorite Microsoft event, and not just because it’s in Las Vegas. It’s the mix of designers and developers, about learning cool stuff and just getting the creative juices flowing. Whether I’m there in person or just watching the keynote via the web it has a rejuvenating effect on me and gets me excited to make cool stuff.
The July 2009 release of the Silverlight Toolkit has a bunch of great things in it but a few of them require just a little digging. A common request in the forums and on CodePlex is how to add connecting lines to the standard TreeView.