WPF Showcase - Thirteen23

I have often written about WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and how you can use it to make a much more compelling experience. I have also been talking about using the "internet as a pipeline" instead of using a browser. So, what you can you really do with WPF and no browser? Here are a couple of examples from Thirteen23.

Denounce Concept

This is (yet another) RSS and podcast reader. Looks cool, but is a bit too flashy for my taste. It does illustrate some of WPF's advanced text handling capabilities.

» Try Denounce

Nostalgia Concept

A rich media Flickr image viewer and photo manager. It is a nice illustration of how you can combine internet based data, and rich media technology.

» Try Nostalgia

Cine.View

Netflix on your desktop - similar to the Flickr viewer above - this transforms the web experience into a rich media experience.

» Try Cine.View

EchoBox

A document management and revision tool - based on FTP. It allows you to share file workspaces and always be up-to-date with file changes. This is definitely something I could use at work.

» Try EchoBox

Looking specifically at the capabilities of WPF, then we also got things like 3D:

Harmony

A music player (concept) that mimic's iTunes Cover flow - with a Twist

» Try Harmony

De.Collage

Application/screensaver displaying famous art - in a rich media environment.

» Try De.Collage

Update:

MIX07 Event Viewer

A concept of how you could create a rich media event viewer for MIX07 (or any event really).

» Try mixMe

Another interesting thing with several of the above examples is Microsoft's new application launcher. It allows people to use an application directly from a website (or any other resource) - no installation fuzz. Click and work.

We use this for several applications at work. It is really useful. Not to mention that it handles updates automatically.

(Tip: On10)

Comments

JoeL - Apr. 16, 2007

Guess the WOW does start now! Thanks for the link. thirteen23 is amazing; these are just demos??!

Thomas Baekdal - Apr. 16, 2007

Joel, Yep - demos, concepts or proof of concepts.

Jason - Apr. 26, 2007

Nice, these are by far the best demos I've seen using WPF.

Mary - May. 29, 2007

Great links. thirteen23's WPF demos are definitely more inspired that most of the other demos Microsoft has been peddling.