VSLive! FL 2007: Windows Vista for Developers -- Visual Studio Magazine

VSLive! FL 2007: Windows Vista for Developers

Explore the new user experiences offered in Windows Vista.

By Sam Gazitt
05/01/2007

Watch the video of the session! (Running time: 47 minutes)

Windows Vista provides a wealth of new experiences that offer users greater confidence in their PCs, clearer ways to work with information and more options for connecting to applications, people and data. This session walks through several out-of-the-box experiences and illustrates how you can provide similar experiences in your applications. You'll also discuss how the new Visual Studio (code name "Orcas") enables the developer to leverage features in Windows Vista.

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