Examine two Longhorn technologies, recognizers in speech applications and the tile element in Windows GUI applications, that Microsoft provides to improve user experience.

The Longhorn speech API offers baked-in functionality for voice commands inside the operating system.

Graphics objects, those from the MSAvalon.Windows.Shapes namespace, can be manipulated through a number of different types of animations.

Learn about Microsoft's declarative language XAML — the language you will use to separate functionality from design.

Examine these C# examples of the input, output, and throughput in MSH, Microsoft's new Command Line Interface (CLI).

The new Microsoft Shell, MSH, gives easy unfettered access to your resources from the command line. Learn how to navigate through your objects through the creation of providers in C#.

An initial glance at a new command line interface coming to Microsoft Windows — the Microsoft Shell (MSH). See the syntax usage as well as how to create basic commandlets.