Archives for September 2011

If you don’t have a keyboard available on your Windows 8 machine (like my Samgsung Slate when it’s not docked) you will benefit from this trick.

If you have several (or lots of) applications open, a fast way to switch between them is to swipe in from the left, one-by-one until the application on your back stack surfaces. You can also press the START button and from the start screen, launch the application again. If it’s already in the back stack, the application will start with the same state (or at least it should if it’s programmed correctly).

Or you can …. Control the swipe from left action, and control the specific application you want to bring forward. The video/screen cast was done holding my Samsung Focus running Windows Phone 7, so it’s a little shaky, but you’ll get the point.

Enjoy!

What is Windows 8 Metro? In this short 6 minute video, I talk to the differences between Windows 8 Desktop, and Windows 8 Metro Applications. Compatibility is a big issue. Will your current code run in Windows.next, Code named Windows 8? Yes, and I’ll tell you how.

http://scottcate.looplogic.com/what-is-windows-8-metro

I caught up with Richard Campbell doing Telerik interviews and was able to sit down for a few minutes. It’s always fun learning and sharing new technology at conferences. Thank you Telerik for the time you’ve put into these recordings, and Thank you Richard for setting it all up!

There will be some confusion around this, and Video is worth 10,000 words so here it is. IE10 comes in two (or more) flavors. Desktop IE10, and Metro IE10.

This quick screencast will show the differences …

At http://BuildWindows.com we received a really Nice Samsung Slate with Windows 8 developer preview loaded. Playing around with the hard button combinations, I found that holding the Windows Home key, along with pressing the Power Button brings up a quick menu, with access to the Task Manager.