Thursday, March 08, 2007 - Posts

posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:11 AM by martin :: (Comments Off)

VS2005 SP1 Update for Windows Vista

This is the pack you've been waiting for if you want to use VS2005 to develop on Windows Vista.  I've been using that combination for some time (without this pack) and it's been mostly ok, but I'll definitely install the pack now. Download it here. Read More
posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:33 AM by martin :: (Comments Off)

Orcas Gets Pretty

Here's a new feature that's in the March CTP of Visual Studio Codename "Orcas".  When you have a number of documents open inside VS, hit Ctrl+Tab.  You'll see something like this (click for larger picture)... While holding down the Ctrl key, Read More
posted Thursday, March 08, 2007 1:13 AM by martin :: (Comments Off)

My New Broadband

We just switched providers for our domestic ADSL connection.  It's early days yet, but right now I'm getting over 5Mbps downstream, which is like a breath of fresh air.  The previous provider could only manage 1Mbps, saying they were limited Read More