Case Study 2: Vista SideShow

Who: Rick Swaney, Software Development Engineer

Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/sideshow.mspx

About Rick Swaney and Vista SideShow

Rick Swaney is a software development engineer in the Mobile PC group at Microsoft (not to be confused with Windows Mobile—they do phones). This group is responsible for PC-based mobility concerns, such as Mobility Center, Wireless Projection, Transient Multi-mon, Power Management improvements within Windows, and, of course, SideShow.

Chapter 8, "SideShow," gave a good overview and delved into the details of developing for Vista SideShow. To reiterate (using the marketing language for this feature), "…SideShow is a new technology in ...

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