Archive for December, 2007

Sky Software ships FolderView.Net Control 9.0 Sky Software has released

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Sky Software ships FolderView.Net Control 9.0 Sky Software has released FolderView.Net Control 9.0, which brings drop-in Windows-Explorer-like folder browsing UI functionality to your applications. The control can replace the plain, inflexible, modal APIs which UI developers are currently limited ... ...

The Difference Between Silverlight and ApolloDare Obasanjo puts it best

Monday, December 31st, 2007

The Difference Between Silverlight and ApolloDare Obasanjo puts it best when he writes: Although Pete does a good job of explaining the goals of Adobe Apollo with a great example, I think there is a simpler and more cynical way of spelling out the difference between Silverlight and ...

Ubuntu and Red Hat praise IBM as it joins OpenOffice.org

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Ubuntu and Red Hat praise IBM as it joins OpenOffice.org community IBM has announced that it is joining the OpenOffice.org development community, with an initial involvement concerning code contributions it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product. The code includes accessibility enhancements, and IBM is ...

VS 2008 crashes on startup when ‘Code Analysis Tools’ feature

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

VS 2008 crashes on startup when 'Code Analysis Tools' feature is not installedNow that Visual Studio 2008 RTM is out I have started getting reports of Visual Studio crashing on startup when TestDriven.Net is installed. I was pretty dismayed as TestDriven.Net has included Orcas support since January of this ...

Microsoft and TestDriven.NetIt has been over a month since my

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Microsoft and TestDriven.NetIt has been over a month since my last update. I just want to put to rest any rumors of TestDriven.Net's early demise. With the help of my lawyers, I responded to Microsoft's lawyers' letter and am now attempting to come to a resolution of the issues. ...

TestDriven.NET 2.7 on Orcas Express! I’m happy to report that

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

TestDriven.NET 2.7 on Orcas Express! I'm happy to report that TestDriven.NET is working on Orcas Express! If you'd like to try out the new C# 3.0/VB 9.0 language features without installing the full Visual Studio Orcas Edition then now's your chance. You should find this version works with Visual ...

Yahoo Releases YUI 2.4 The latest release of Yahoo’s YUI

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Yahoo Releases YUI 2.4 The latest release of Yahoo's YUI Ajax library includes a CSS3 selector engine, charting components, an Ajax profiler, as well as numerous enhancements to YUI's already rich set of components. Activate your iPhone ...

WPF in the eyes of a beginner As a programmer

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

WPF in the eyes of a beginner As a programmer who until very quite recently chose C#.NET as his main language, WPF was thrust upon me like an anvil in your favorite 90s cartoon. There was no avoiding it... And for that, I'm glad -- mostly. ...

MbUnit 2.4 RTMCongratulations to Andrew Stopford and the MbUnit team for getting

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

MbUnit 2.4 RTMCongratulations to Andrew Stopford and the MbUnit team for getting MbUnit 2.4 RTM out the door! This has been over 6 months of hard work. Well done everyone who was involved in this release. Not forgetting Peli who originally started this project (he was taken from us ;). ...

Another way of looking at thisJamie A comments to an article

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Another way of looking at thisJamie A comments to an article on Channel Register: Here's a slightly less technical way of looking at the issue: Microsoft essentially have 2 editions of a program. The first edition speaks English (User Interface) to the user, but in behind can speak French ...