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Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, Plus Launch and Packaging Info

Microsoft made a number of announcements today around Visual Studio 2010 and its developer tools and programs. Here's the word directly from Microsoft: Today, Microsoft announced one of the most significant updates to its developer offerings and roadmap vision in years. Today’s announcements include...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-19-2009
Visual Studio Documentary

Microsoft's Channel 9 has released a fascinating two-part video documentary of the history of Visual Studio, appropriately titled Visual Studio Documentary . It's an hour long (split into two 30-minute parts) and covers Microsoft's development efforts dating back to MS-DOS, OS/2, and the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-08-2009
Use the tools Microsoft didn't use to create Zune HD apps

Yes, you read that right. Microsoft (and its partners) did not use XNA Game Studio to create the free games and other apps that are now available for the Zune HD. (They used proprietary in-house tools instead.) But if you are interested in developing for the Zune HD, Microsoft does have a solution for...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-15-2009
Upload your apps now. Windows Marketplace for Mobile

Microsoft's Windows Mobile (or, we should say, "WinMob") team goes viral and decidedly non-PC in this video-based attempt to woo developers to their platform . It's funny, and a bit long, but they get at least some credit for simply ignoring the line that usually separates product marketing...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-23-2009
Windows Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List

Or, to use a more controversial headline which I'm sure you'll see elsewhere: Internet Explorer 8 natively incompatible with over 3,000 web sites Microsoft has provided a list of web sites (in super-convenient Excel format) that haven't taken as little as 10 minutes of time to make sure they...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-19-2009
Microsoft Small Basic

Apparently, Visual Basic has gotten a bit too complex for the kiddie crowd, so a Microsoft employee is working up a simpler, old school version of the language called Small Basic : Small Basic is a project that's aimed at bringing "fun" back to programming. By providing a small and easy...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 11-18-2008
Bad user interface, part 37

I walked up to my laptop and saw this bit of OneCare-like stupidity: Here's the thing. If you’re going to perform background tasks, do it in the background. Obviously. And God help you if you pop-up a dialog later to inform me that whatever you were doing completed successfully. Put simply, let me...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-31-2008
Apple is evil, part 227

This one kind of speaks for itself: Opera Mini for iPhone sits on sidelines due to App Store rules A professionally-developed alternative to Apple's Safari web browser for iPhone already exists in Opera Software's labs; Apple's guidelines for App Store submissions, however, are allegedly...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-31-2008
Microsoft starts another Windows 7 blog

... and if you thought the first one, Engineering Windows 7, wasn’t long-winded and boring enough for you, wait ‘till you get a load of this one. It’s called The Windows 7 Blog for Developers . Sounds exciting! Welcome to the first post of a new Windows 7 blog. This blog will mainly focus on the development...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-23-2008
Microsoft to debut next Office at PDC

This isn’t exactly news , but what the heck: Windows 7 and Windows Cloud may be the main attractions at Microsoft's upcoming Professional Developers Conference, but the next version of Office will also be on show. 'Office 14', as the product is code-named, will be discussed at next week's...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-22-2008

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