Tip for Building Unicode QueryString’s From JavaScript Here’s a tidbit of info that will hopefully help some people out. It took me a couple stabs at Google keyword combinations to find the answer. Basically the problem was that we’re taking user input in an HTML page which can include Unicode characters and need to pass that on the query string to an […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Last Developer… In Canada Anyway This is a great idea and I’m definitely interested in entering, but unfortunately it’s only open to Canadian contestants. When’s the North American version coming? Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
No Pressure… Ahh… only five hours remaining until the fruit of the past few months of my life goes into Beta. Feels pretty good now that we’re nearing the end of things, but can you imagine having this thing hanging in your row reading only one month left with a high bug count and incomplete feature set on your hands? […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Thoughts on VS.NET 2005 Class Designer’s Code-Formatting I came across this post and figured I’d offer up my own opinions as well… The default formatting would honestly keep me from using the class designer for anything but reverse engineering and visualizing the code I have already hand written. Even though everyone has a different way of doing it, the structure of the code […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Got Avalon or Indigo Feedback/Bugs? Let Microsoft Know! Just noticed, via a post from Chris Sells, that the MSDN Product Feedback application is now accepting bugs for Avalon and Indigo. Here’s your chance to provide feedback and bug reports to Microsoft. Don’t like the way something works? Having problems with a certain scenario? Well this is the place to let Microsoft know now before […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
DesignersLove.Net Debuts Came across DesignersLove.Net via a post over on Chris Anderson’s blog. It’s just getting started, but I’m already sending the link out to all of my designer friends. I have been trying to preach to them about the separation of content and behavior in Avalon and they really seem to love the idea of maintaining […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
March CTP Avalon+Indigo+WinFX SDK Now Available For Public Download Saw this morning that the SDK is now available to the masses. Click here to head on over and download it. Make sure you’re running the right VS.NET versions and that you pay close attention to the uninstall/re-install order. FWIW, I had no problems uninstalling the previous CTP and installing the new CTP on top […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
My Thoughts on AJAX I’ve been sitting on a lot of thoughts about this whole AJAX phenomena that is sweeping the industry lately. Tons of people have thrown their two cents in already and I’ve been meaning to post my thoughts, so here goes. 🙂 First off, let me beat the horse one more time and say: AJAX is […] Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Chris Anderson Releases AvPad For March CTP Bits The simplest development environment for those of us diving into Avalon these days has just been updated. AvPad, originally called XamlPad, offers a really simple RAD experience for people who want to mock up Avalon interfaces or just learn XAML+Avalon in real-time. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail
Official Change Log for Avalon March CTP Posted Here’s the official word on all the changes in the Avalon March CTP drop. As a result I will not be making any more changes to the temporary change log I created for the die hard Avaloners out there that needed the info day zero. Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInMoreRedditWhatsAppSkypeEmail