Archive for August, 2009

Mozilla takes aim at Flash and Silverlight with Firefox 3.5

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Mozilla takes aim at Flash and Silverlight with Firefox 3.5 I reviewed Firefox 3.5 for The Register. I found the new features unexciting from a user perspective, but not so for developers. The new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, improvements to the Canvas element, JavaScript ...

Using write instead of createElement/createDocFragment? Using write instead of createElement/createDocFragment?

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Using write instead of createElement/createDocFragment? Using write instead of createElement/createDocFragment? Hello all, I've made a version of a script: http://pastebin.com/m795e1a9a found here: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212732 It's great (all credits go to the original author(s)), but I would like the results in a pop-window... ...

Evil code of the day At a glance, this code

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Evil code of the day At a glance, this code doesn't look particularly evil. What does it do though? Compile it with the C# 4.0b1 compiler and run it... using System; class Base ...

ASP.NET MVC Talk in Reading UK July 3rd I?m in

Monday, August 31st, 2009

ASP.NET MVC Talk in Reading UK July 3rd I?m in the UK today and tomorrow (on my way back from a trip to India for two days earlier this week), and am giving two tech talks while in town. The first ...

Hello, F#!  This is a quick post to break my

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Hello, F#!  This is a quick post to break my writers block. downloadApple goes on a bug bashing safari Safari 4.0.3 is out now and available for download from Apple, for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. While there are the usual claims ...

.NET Exception Handling By Edward G. Nilges This article presents

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

.NET Exception Handling By Edward G. Nilges This article presents a set of general error handling principles and illustrates them in action with a downloadable VB.NET project, including a demonstration program and a reusable .NET exception handling DLL.Click here for the full article. Good customer service and mesh chairs ...

Windows 7: Experimenting with Multi-Touch on Windows 7 ( Part

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Windows 7: Experimenting with Multi-Touch on Windows 7 ( Part 3 ) Following on from the previous post and the one before , it was fun to play with my own interop wrappers for a while but I figure it?s going to be ...

TestDriven.Net 2.20: Improved NCover IntegrationIn the latest release of TestDriven.Net,

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

TestDriven.Net 2.20: Improved NCover IntegrationIn the latest release of TestDriven.Net, you ll find much improved integration with all versions of NCover: Support for 64-bit Windows Test With > Coverage now works on 64-bit versions of Windows. In previous versions ...

TestDriven.Net 2.20: Improved NCover IntegrationIn the latest release of TestDriven.Net,

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

TestDriven.Net 2.20: Improved NCover IntegrationIn the latest release of TestDriven.Net, you ll find much improved integration with all versions of NCover: Support for 64-bit Windows Test With > Coverage now works on 64-bit versions of Windows. In previous versions ...

Learning through frustration If this morning was any indication, today

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Learning through frustration If this morning was any indication, today threatened to thunder uncontrollably down hill into what all you cool internet types would recognise as a Big Fat ber-Fail! Having this week purchased additional gear to make the most of drawing ...