Xbox Friends Watch : Silverlight Sidebar Gadget

Posted By: Adam Kinney | Oct 24th, 2007 @ 11:28 PM | 14,352 Views | 5 Comments
Now that HALO 3 has been released, my Xbox 360 and I are hanging out together again, Xbox Live is in the picture too.  Why?  Best answer could be HALO 3 multiplayer mode, and what's better than multiplayer mode?  Multiplayer mode with friends.

This resulted in a perfect opportunity to create a new sidebar gadget, which of course since I'm a big fan of Silverlight I used it as the UI for the gadget.  I'm pretty happy with the results and this video is a quick demo of how the gadget works.

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#Oct 25th, 2007 @ 12:17 PM
dot_tom
dot_tom
What can I say other than: very very cool. Thank you so much for creating this and giving us an insight into the internals.

Kind regards,

tom
(Gamer Tag: polyGhost)
#Oct 25th, 2007 @ 1:45 PM
AdamKinney
AdamKinney
Agent of Change
Thanks tom Smiley

I'm working on putting together a Silverlight-based Sidebar gadget template, which I'll be posting soon.
#Mar 15th @ 1:39 PM
Aidy
Aidy
My XBox Friends Watch refuses to display friends, it worked fone for a day or so then point blank refuses to display anything now.

I put in some names seperated by a comma as per instructions, I notice you put it as "Gamertag, Gamer Tag, TAG"  as in a comma and a space in the video... This didn't work for me either.

Any ideas?  I do have silverlight installed.
#May 23rd @ 9:27 PM
velazkid
velazkid

Ive got the same problem as Aidy which really sucks cuz I was looking forward to this. Fix it? nawr? By the way, Halo 3 is Awesome.

#Jul 19th @ 7:13 PM
Wamp Thing
Wamp Thing

Yea got the same problem.  This is a great idea, and it would be nice if someone would respond to this error, been looking for some kind of solution for awhile now.

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