MediaControl and Artistname

When using the MediaControl in Windows 8 it took a while to figure out why an exception was being generated occasionally when setting the MediaControl.ArtistName property. It's not immediately clear, but there's a maxium length of 127 characters you can give this name. Any longer and the exception is thrown. It would be nice if …

WinRT TextBox control with lots of Text

It seems that sometimes, using a WinRT TextBox control along with a Button placed alongside has some strange side-effects if there is lots of text entered in the control. When you type in enough so that the large 'X' appears in the TextBox, I've found that a Button's Command binding won't fire when clicked. Further, …