Apple Safari for Windows (Public Beta) Released

Apple has announced the availability of Safari 3 Public Beta for Windows.

Browser testing should be a whole lot easier, at least thoretically.

Here are some interesting posts on Safari for Windows:

Safari for Windows and Silverlight

• Scott Hanselman: Microsoft Silverlight in Safari for Windows - Blogs about the issues he discovered when trying out the Silverlight Airline sample on the browser.
• Michael Schwarz: Apple Safari for Windows and Microsoft Silverlight - Describes the quirks he discovered while experimenting with a Silverlight app on the browser. 
• Tim Heuer: Silverlight and Safari on Windows - Describes a workaround to make Silverlight work on Safari for Windows.

Safari for Windows and Microsoft AJAX

• Bertrand Le Roy: Is Safari on Windows a good thing or a bad thing? - Testing history management in Microsoft AJAX and the browser.

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New ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Released (Release 10606)

An updated version of the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit has been released. 

Key improvements in this release include:

• About 125 bug fixes
• Designer support for the TabContainer
• Support for ASP.NET Validators
• Extended event support for better interaction with client-side Toolkit components
• Automated Page Method callback generation
• Script combining - for faster load times
• Dynamic context support for components doing callbacks
• Accessibility fixes
• Built-in animation support for toolkit controls built on top of PopupBehavior

There are no new controls in this release.

Blog references on this release:

• Scott Guthrie
• Shawn Burke - includes screenshots of new features
• Delay - describes in greater detail the fixes and improvements in this release.
• Kirti
• Garbin - describes the new TooltipText property and accessibility fix in Slider extender

Books on ASP.NET AJAX:

 

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Microsoft ASP.NET Futures (May 2007) Release Available

The Microsoft ASP.NET Futures May 2007 Futures release is  available for download.  Here's the description from Microsoft:

The Microsoft ASP.NET Futures May 2007 (“Futures”) release contains an early developer preview of features providing a wide range of new functionality for both ASP.NET and Silverlight. The Futures release includes early experimental versions of features currently being considered for future versions of ASP.NET and the .NET Framework. The Futures releases assume prior knowledge of the core features of ASP.NET including the previous ASP.NET AJAX Futures January CTP.

Features in this release include ASP.NET Silverlight server controls, new functionality for ASP.NET AJAX Extensions, dynamic data controls, enhancements to dynamic languages, and more.

• Download the ASP.NET Futures (May 2007) Release
• ASP.NET Futures (May 2007) Quickstarts

Blogs describing this release:

• Brad Adams - ASP.NET "Futures" Release
• Fredik Normén - Microsoft ASP.NET Futures

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MIX07 Announcements: Silverlight and Expression Studio

MIX07 (Microsoft's flagship conference for web designers and developers) got off with a slew of announcements which included the following:

Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 Beta

Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 CTP

Expression Studio

Expression Blend 2 May Preview

Microsoft Silverlight Streaming

Windows Live Platform Terms of Use

Microsoft Silverlight

Check out Mike Harsh's blog post on Silverlight and .NET support:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mharsh/archive/2007/04/30/silverlight-including-net-support-download-it-today.aspx

To coincide with Silverlight 1.0 Beta launch, Tim Sneath's team has come up with a nice range of five-minute how-to screencasts to get developers up to speed with Silverlight.

Check it out here: Silverlight Screencasts

Microsoft Expression Studio

Get your copy of Microsoft Expression Studio here.

You may also get the individual tools  which make up Expression Studio here:

• Microsoft Expression Web
• Microsoft Expression Blend
• Microsoft Expression Design
• Microsoft Expression Media

On a related note, Microsoft Expression Blend 2 May Preview is now available for download.  This preview-release allows developers to create Silverlight-based applications in either in Javascript or .NET.

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IIS 7.0 Beta 3 Released - Go-Live License Available

IIS 7.0 Beta 3 has been shipped and Microsoft is offering a special Go-Live License for IIS7 and Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3.

Some of the new IIS 7.0 Beta 3 features include:

• Web Farm Shared Configuration
• Delegated Remote Administration
• Automatic Application Pool Isolation
• Built-in Fast CGI Support for PHP and other extensions
• New FTP Server

For more information, visit Bill Staples' blog:

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2007/04/25/what-s-new-in-iis7-beta-3.aspx

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DotNetNuke 4.5 with ASP.NET AJAX Support Released

DotNetNuke (DNN) 4.5.1 has been released.  The latest DNN now features support for Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX.

Download: http://www.dotnetnuke.com

Featured review:

• Taking a look at DotNetNuke 4.5 by Bil Simser

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Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” Beta 1 Released

Microsoft Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 (including Express Editions CTP) is now available for download.

Downloads page:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx

See also: Visual Studio Orcas and .NET FX 3.5 Beta1 notes by S. Somasegar:

http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/04/19/visual-studio-orcas-and-net-fx-3-5-beta1-shipped.aspx

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WPF/E is now Silverlight

It has just been announced at NAB that WPF/E is now known as "Silverlight".  The new name comes with a cool new logo and landing site.

http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/

Check it out!

What is Silverlight?

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications (RIAs) for the Web.

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Community Server 2007 Released

The Community Server 2007 collaboration platform (which includes blogs, forums, photo/file sharing) is now available. 

One of the coolest feature in this release is the new "Chameleon" theme system.  This feature allows users to tweak colors, graphics, and fonts with ease.  It also allows easier sharing of themes.

Community Server 2007 is available in three install options: Windows Install, Web Install and One-Click.

There are three types of commercial licenses available: Small Business Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition.

As in the previous versions, free licenses are also available.

For more information, visit the Community Server site at http://communityserver.org.

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Hotfix Patch for ASP.NET Compilation Issues

If you often run into runtime exceptions as a result of ASP.NET 2.0 compilation, you might want to try out this hotfix.

Scott Guthrie has a blog post describing the compilation bug and offers a workaround for these issues (besides the hotfix solution).

Word of advice here is that only apply the hotfix patch if you really have an ASP.NET compilation issue.

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