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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 22h

This app is powered by WinUIEx 1.9 which enables the experience to live in the system tray flyout. Thanks again to @dotmorten.xaml.dev for the great work on the TrayIcon API.

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 22h

New App Announcement – Trdo: a minimal Tray Radio

In keeping with the theme of minimal, I'll keep this short. The experience i was trying to reproduce is that of getting into your car and turning on the radio with one push of a button. Jumping between stations was simple and easy too. Play / Pause…

New App Announcement – Trdo: a minimal Tray Radio

In keeping with the theme of minimal, I'll keep this short. The experience i was trying to reproduce is that of getting into your car and turning on the radio with one push of a button. Jumping between stations was simple and easy too. Play / Pause the radio by clicking the radio icon in the tray Right click to get a flyout with more options…

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 8d

🙈🙉🙊

Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 9d

entirely tray experience that is

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 9d

I'm working with 2.9.0 this morning on a full tray experience app. I'll keep you posted.

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 9d

I'm in the same boat and really looking forward to using this to contain pretty much the entire UX in the tray flyout

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 11d

The new WinUIEx logo is looking niiiiiiice!!

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 11d

It's very good! I'm going to use this in like 3 projects this weekend! Incredible stuff, I'd expect nothing less!!

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 12d

What!? Did you bring back the NotifyIcon? Last time I checked that wasn't in there

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 12d

No LibraryImport or DllImport too?

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 12d

How long is the NativeMethods.txt file?

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 12d

Repo or it didn’t happen 😆

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 15d

GA or Insider?

I would love to check www.microsoft.com/en-us/window... but it doesn't seem to be working for me

Windows Roadmap | Microsoft Windows for Business

www.microsoft.com

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 16d

I feel like I've been hearing about git integration into File Explorer for a long time now... did I miss something? When is that coming out? @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 16d

I know someone at Microsoft, I'll forward this along 😂

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 18d

Yessss!!!! But no InkToolbar yet... so more of a return nothing new there yet.

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 18d

Additionally, the model catalog will help filter which models are compatible with the Windows device it's running on, so that the right model is downloaded to the device.

Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 18d

Super cool new feature! The Windows ML Model Catalog APIs allow your app or library to dynamically download large AI model files from your own online model catalogs without shipping those large files directly with your app or library.

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 18d

Oooo! WinAppSDK 2.0 experimental is out! github.com/microsoft/Wi...

Release 2.0.0 Experimental 1 (2.0.250930001-experimental1) 🧪 · microsoft/WindowsAppSDK

Windows App SDK 2.0-Experimental1 (2.0.250930001-experimental1) WinAppSDK 2.0 Experimental 1 is the latest experimental version of WinAppSDK providing new features and improvements to the platform....

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Richard Campbell @richcampbell.bsky.social · 18d

AI in the cloud dominates, but what can you run locally?

@thejoefin.com talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1970 about the variety of local models that exist today, how you can make your own, and how LLMs can fit into this equation!

.NET Rocks!

.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform. The shows range from introductory information to hardcore geekiness.

www.dotnetrocks.com

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 23d

Biking to a Brewers game is the best! The best parking spot, and it’s free!!

Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 24d

@james.montemagno.com FYI, PowerToys Keyboard manager enables the ability to map a shortcut to text

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

Remap Keys and Shortcuts with PowerToys Keyboard Manager

Learn how to remap keyboard keys and shortcuts using PowerToys Keyboard Manager. Customize your Windows keyboard layout and create custom shortcuts for improved productivity.

learn.microsoft.com

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INotifyPodcastChanged @inotifypodcastchanged.com · 24d

🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 10: Visual Studio 2026 with Mads Kristensen. Have a listen:

Episode 10: Visual Studio 2026 with Mads Kristensen

This week our guest is Mads Kristensen, a PM on Visual Studio - and we...

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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 24d

Looking forward to adding GitHub Copilot CLI to Claude and Codex to build projects. Everything is moving fast, and it is exciting to see Copilot enter the CLI world! github.blog/changelog/20...

GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview - GitHub Changelog

GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview We’re bringing the power of GitHub Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal. With GitHub Copilot CLI, you can work locally and…

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 25d

Hey that's new @github.com github.blog/changelog/20...

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