This Old Code

I found this product on CodePlex this morning and while I need to find some time to really play with it, I thought I would share.  Basically Visual WebGui is and adding for Visual studio that lets you more or less use winforms to for your website( Cool AJAX) 

Visual WebGui Quick Starts

Does P2P effect legal music sales? 

P2P effect on legal music sales "not statistically distinguishable from zero"

I have seen odd things in Vista related to performance,  Typically I have been uninstalling the offending software. Rick found a link to UAC 

User Account Control and Application Slowdowns - Rick Strahl's Web Log

I personally don't think so highly of UAC, generally your typical user is just going to click allow because all of us "Bad Software Developers" will teach them to do so.  My gut feeling is, I am a uber user and thus find it far more annoying then lets say my Mother would.(Although the UAC prompt is almost as scary as an anti spyware/virus prompt.  So maybe the system will never get turned on, which would be safe.  Right?)  If we as developers work in our sand box, then UAC probably won't be as big an issue as Apple's commercial would like to make it.   

 I heard Mark sign the MaxiVista Vista Blues today. And had to respond

Mark Miller - Vista, I'm so Pista (part I)

I love MaxiVista, but I think they are using WDDM as to much of an excuse. The product tanks under xp when you try to use WPF (if you ever want to see your computer on acid. just try WPF and MaxiVista together, seriously you could sell tickets.)
Any way I digress MaxiVista will be outa busina if they don't come up with some type of solution(direct X). And thus I have given up the dream that is three monitors. My poor shiny Vista Computer will forever look funny with just two :(

Breatan announced the release of the Resource Refactoring Tool to CodePlex  

Release Change Log

7417 Add web application project support

6234 Incorrect default save directory for web projects

6651 Don't refactor parameter names in XML comments

7606 Checkbox selections should be saved between sessions

6236 Unhandled error when creating a resource file in lock project

6235 Silent failure if file is read-only.

6440 Severe error with duplicate names

6319 VS German Version?

6147 Esc does not close Extract to resource form/dialog

Link to the Msi

ResourceRefactorSetup.msi - (832 KB)

I find Notepad++ to be a very usefully tool, and they just released a new version 2/5/2007.  Try it out, its free.

Down Load Notepad++

Well It's official VSS and I have broke up.  I can't say I am really parting with any good memories and I really don't know what I saw in VSS to begin with other then convenience.  No more late nights trying to recover work that VSS misplaced no more slow VPN conversations that made my life so stressfully, I just can't take that kind of abuse any more. 

It's rough right now, we're separating what belongs to who, VSS is having a hard time letting go.  Visual Studio is being an enabler for VSS, but what can I do.  I've found a replacement already Source Gear Vault.  Much better. and its not just a fresh UI like VSS tried in 2005.  Vault has some really winning qualities. 

I am looking forward to my life with Vault, I think every thing is going to be ok.

Why do I so dislike ComponentOne and Preemptive?

c:\Development\SourceControl\Point Projects\Point\main\ReminderWnd.h(223) : error C3624: 'k8': the compiler cannot find this type; it is defined in the module 'OLE32.DLL'
StdAfx.cpp
StdAfx.cpp(0) : warning C4945: 'DotfuscatorAttribute' : cannot import symbol from 'c:\development\sourcecontrol\point projects\third party\componentone\main\c1.c1zip.dll': as 'DotfuscatorAttribute' has already been imported from another assembly 'c:\development\sourcecontrol\point projects\third party\componentone\main\c1.win.c1report.dll'
StdAfx.cpp(0) : see declaration of 'DotfuscatorAttribute'
first seen type is used; re-order imported assemblies to use the current type
StdAfx.cpp(0) : warning C4945: 'DotfuscatorAttribute' : cannot import symbol from 'c:\development\sourcecontrol\point projects\third party\componentone\main\c1.win.c1flexgrid.dll': as 'DotfuscatorAttribute' has already been imported from another assembly 'c:\development\sourcecontrol\point projects\third party\componentone\main\c1.win.c1report.dll'
StdAfx.cpp(0) : see declaration of 'DotfuscatorAttribute'
first seen type is used; re-order imported assemblies to use the current type
c:\Development\SourceControl\Point Projects\Point\main\ReminderWnd.h(223) : error C3624: 'k8': the compiler cannot find this type; it is defined in the module 'OLE32.DLL'

Its that kind of crap.  I am not stealing your dime adozen controls I paid for it and what to use it.  Attention component vendors, Do not obfuscate your work. 

Nsoftware is almost worse since you have to dirty your build system with there install in order for licensing to work.

Clearly I realize that companies would like to protect their intellectual property.  But seriously I could still defeat the obfuscation. Why bother if you want to be scared stay out of DOT NET land and stick to assembly where no one can decompile your work.  If your a component vendor you should know obfuscating libraries is nothing but a recipe for disaster.  Since I use Doffuscator for obfuscation I know, It sucks at library mode.  Maybe you should try some thing else or nothing.  Why do you feel compelled to make my life difficult? did I not give you enough money?

 For the sake of all those early adopters, now we can force our late adopter co-works to use our format.

Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Pack

I found this article on LifeHacker, but I have a question why?  I almost never use the menu, it takes up extra screen space I don't need.  In fact I am bugged that I can't hide the Google tool bar better.  I think this is some thing IE7 does right, after all 98% of the time I just want to browse a website I don't need any thing but the html view.

Link to Put IE7's file menu back where it belongs - Lifehacker