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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/30
Steve Jobs just posted his Thoughts on Flash.
Let me add another thought: I hate flash apps.
Flash should go, and we all should go for HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
The primary reason I dislike Flash is similar to this quote from Steve Jobs’ post: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/29
After the excitement of .NET 4.0 and all the tools around it, I totally forgot to mention that SQL Server 2008 R2 got to RTM.
If you are an MSDN subscriber you can download it there.
If you are not, you can download the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM – Express with Management Tools.
Brent Ozar wrote a pretty nice FAQ on the new SQL Server 2008 R2 features, much better than the “what’s new” and press release by Microsoft.
Feature conclusion so far:
–jeroen (who just turned 41 today)
Posted in .NET, Database Development, Delphi, Development, Software Development, SQL Server | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/29
The TeamViewer team announced they have a beta version available for Linux.
The current beta is version v5.0.8252, so it has newer version 5 features.
There are installers for:
And there is a generic .tar.gz file.
You can find them their Linux download page.
With the new beta, they now cover Windows, Mac OS, Linux and the iPhone.
Very convenient indeed!
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/28
The Microsoft patterns & practices Developer Center released the Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 last week.
This version of the Enterprise Library has a ton of new features, and now has full support for .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.
Next to using it from C#/VB.NET, I’m looking forward to see how well this can be used from the upcoming Delphi Prism 2011 release (scheduled to be released on May 15th).
Lots of stuff to experiment with :-)
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/27
If you have a TechNet or MSDN account, you can download the SharePoint, Office, Visio and Project 2010 RTM builds.
Downloads have become available on April 23rd.
The SharePoint designer is available from the Microsoft Download centre as William Conrwill describes at CodeJedi.NET : SharePoint, Office, Visio and Project 2010 RTM are now available on MSDN.
If you have SA, then as of today (April 27), you can get your volume licenses as well.
William describes more dates in his post Office, SharePoint, Project and Visio 2010 have made RTM!
I’ll be busy playing with all the bits from Delphi and .NET API perspective :-)
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/27
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/26
I just found out that the title bar of a Remote Desktop (RDP/MSTSC) session can be dragged when running the RDP client from Windows Vista and on!
I pushed the mouse button inside the title bar right outside the button areas, and then accidentally moved the mouse.
The bar then moved :-)
This is great for instance when you use an RDP connection to a machine hosting VM’s (that also have their title bars).
Previously it was hard to click the latter, but now it is dead easy: just move the RDP title bar :-)
Such a subtle UI change, that I wish I checked this a long time ago (sometimes using things for a long time makes you numb in checking new stuff in updates versions <g>).
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/23
Microsoft announced that Touch Pack for Windows 7 is now Available.
It is a set of games and applications to demonstrate the multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7.
Which means it only works when you have a multi-touch monitor.
Microsoft states that the Touch Pack includes: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/22
I usually pick a fresh VM for installing an RTM build, but if you have loads of stuff on your (physical) machine, upgrading RC to RTM can be a real time saver.
Stack Overflow has a nice question Upgrading Visual Studio 2010 RC to RTM answered by Danny Thorpe (yes, two links: blog / wikipedia).
The order is really imporant, so lets repeat that here:
–jeroen
Posted in .NET, C#, C# 4.0, Delphi, Development, Prism, Software Development, Visual Studio and tools | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/04/21
Somehow, on one of my Windows XP VM’s, I installed Windows Search 4.0.
The indexer makes the VM dog slow, and even worse: the user interface of Windows Search 4 is much worse than the “Advanced” version of the default Windows Search.
But: it is tough to uninstall Windows Search 4. Read the rest of this entry »
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