Learning Silverlight
I wish to a rich user interface for my website. Well, HTML 5 is the best choice. But HTML 5 is still not easy to do some tasks, such as animations and charting. Then, Flash is the second best choice. A lot of platforms support this. But I need to learn it from scratch. In this case, Silverlight is a much better option. It is similar with WPF which I have learnt before.Moreover, the Silverlight is a component-based components. I can use some third-party controls to build the interface. Those third-party controls can be download from internet freely or just needs to pay a small amount of money. This can reduce the amount of coding. So, I choose to learn Silverlight
Silverlight 4 Toolkit - April 2010 - Unknown Namespace Error
I have installed Silverlight 4 Toolkit - April 2010. I tried to drop a component in a xaml. But I got an error,
"Unknown namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/toolkit". I searched a solution for a while, but no luck at all! Finally, I got the cause I forgot to install Silverlight SDK4! I am so silly!
After I installed it, that works! Please remember set your visual studio project to use Silverlight 4 too!
Acer Iconia A500 - External USB Port
Another good feature in Acer Iconia A500 I love! That is the External USB Port. It can connect to an USB Flash Drive. That is very convenient. For example, last Saturday, a friend needed to play a song in our fellowship. Before I bought my tablet, I needed to a netbook or laptop for playing songs. But now, I only need a tablet. I can plug it into my tablet and browser though a file explorer app. I picked the song and click it, then it will plays from the tablet. By the way, the sound quality of A500 is very good too!
Moreover, you can plug in an external keyboard to USB port. Now, you can turn A500 is a cut-down version netbook! That is so great!
USB Network Card won't work in Acer Iconia A500
I don't like wireless network. I don't feel that is safe at all. But how do I connect my Tablet, Acer Iconia A500, to internet?! Maybe, it got a USB port, then I can try to plug in an USB Network Card. Android is a kind of linux. It should support that and an USB Network Card only costs me $2. That is worth to try. But the result is failed. I guess Android did some in its linux kernel. They may blocks some drivers. I guess I have to root it. That is too much hassle. Finally, I bought a wireless access point.