December 2004 Entries
I am sure that VS2005 will improve before release, but I'm fearful that smart tags are the way its going to be.. I've been trying to say it in comments, newsgroups and Ladybug, and I'll say it again here:
SmartTags are not productive in the code window. Bold ( and italic) statment? Perhaps, but true as well.
The Smart Tag has one great feature - it's a visual cue that some action is available on a piece of text. However, actually using that action takes way too many steps. 1) click the text. 2) Hover over the tiny sliver of an icon under...
[Update 12/14/04] - Because I get a lot of Google referals where I'm a #1 or #2 result looking for how to give a network share full trust with CAS, I'm adding how to actually do it, rather than just complain about the name.
So, to give a network share or mapped drive full trust, execute the following at a .net command prompt:
caspol -q -machine -addgroup 1 -url file://z:/* FullTrust -name "Z Drive"
This will give anything on the “Z“ drive full trust, make the name of the rule “Z Drive“, and put this at the machine level (applies to all users). You must...
I'm uninstalling the MSN Toolbar Suite Beta. Not only am I not happy, but I'm actually annoyed. I tried the reviewers guide by Scoble, but I don't trust a guide of questions by a maker of one of the products. They give you the questions they want you to ask, but not what is really meaningful to you.
So much potential, wasted. For those that don't want to read the entire “review“ below, it boils down to me saying this:“Yes, I get it, you want me to use MSN for everything. There's a point where that stops being convenient and...