Author Archives: JohnHowell

Heads up everybody! Beta 3 of IE7 is now out and available. But there are some quirks about the uninstall of the previous bits. If you’ve been using Beta2, Beta2 Preview or Beta1, then check out the IE teams blog … Continue reading →

I keep thinking that I’ll wait to post until I have my big news, but I keep hearing great stuff and I have to share it. The word of the day is CodePlex!This is Microsoft’s new code sharing site. It’s … Continue reading →

Sometimes the smallest of things can really make your day. I came across something that I’m sure everyone else knew, but somehow I had missed it. In IE 6x, you can press Control-N and it will open a new window … Continue reading →

It looks like a dream is about to come true. All the pieces are not yet in place, but we’ve started down the path. Just so I won’t jinx it, I’ll wait until I have just a couple more pieces … Continue reading →

Stay posted, I hope to have some really amazing news. My excitement level is off the charts. I hope it all works out.

The announcement yesterday came as a surprise, although some had already guessed. When Ozzie came in, I knew then that a direction change was coming. When Sinofsky replaced Allchin, it was again another indicator of the changes on the horizon. … Continue reading →

When you get more comfortable in the VS05 IDE, you will eventually have a need to move around and rename projects. VSIDE is very good at taking care of renaming your references. However, you may rename or move a subproject … Continue reading →

I’ve been heads down pushing very hard to get a medium sized project off the ground so my posts are backing up. But I had to post to let you guys know that something amazing and unbelievably wonderful may be … Continue reading →

I know I said I wouldn’t post until after I got settled, but I ran into yet another issue where a program was written to just get out the door or without a real architecture for some reason and now … Continue reading →

Sorry for the empty space. I’m transitioning to a new project and I’m trying to wrap up and train to get things ready to hand off. I have a ton of things (OOA, design, practices, frameworks and more!) to talk … Continue reading →