Microsoft has released the Syndicated Client Experiences Starter Kit & Reader SDK (SCE SDK) on WindowsClient.NET, formerly known as the News Reader SDK. A SCE client application provides a rich multimedia and content experience, including documents, photos, videos and podcasts. The SCE uses the RSS for content synchronization while also taking care of the subscription management, local content storage, and credentials caching built in the Windows Sync Framework.
The SCE uses sophisticated WPF text and layout capabilities like flow layout, sub-pixel Clear Type, typography, dynamic hyphenation, adaptable columns and pages, and many others. One example of such an application is The New York Times Reader. The online content of the newspaper is rendered on any screen, offering zoom support which results in the repagination and reflow of the content so one would not have to scroll though it to get to the desired information.
Since it is built on WPF and the Sync Framework, the resulting SCE application is pretty small, usually around 1-2 MB. It is also offering support for skinning, branding and various custom user interface controls. Printing is done by rearranging the content to adapt to the size of the destination paper. The content can be visualized online or it can be taken offline.
