Coffeehouse - Amazing Printer
3 hours ago, AndyC wroteI don't get it. Why would I want all those things on little bits of paper when the precise reason I bought a smartphone is so I don't have to carry around bits of paper with all...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Phil Haack leaving Microsoft
http://haacked.com/archive/2011/11/28/departing-microsoft.aspxHe isn't saying where he's going until he starts there. Top guesses (crowdsourced on Twitter) are Github and Stackexchange.SE makes sense...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Jetbrains Kotlin demo running online
Looks like the kind of thing someone who'd only ever programmed in Java would design if they were trying to make something 1% better than Java. It's ugly and pointless.
View ArticleCoffeehouse - New Visual Studio UI
The thing that strikes me about this whole UI controversy is: What exactly is wrong with VS2010?My impression is that the Visual Studio team has a designer on their staff and they like to feel like...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Microsoft Account
3 days ago, JoshRoss wroteGoing live in 3, 2, 1. I've never cared for the live branding anyways.-JoshWhen you can sign into more than one account at the same time (or at least swap between them without...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - New Visual Studio UI
There's one way to settle it: put out a beta with the new design and VS2010 look as switchable themes and then use the usage stats reporting to see which is most popular. Make that one the default look...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - How will they prevent a backlash over Win 8?
Win8 is a very comsumer focused move - a last ditch attempt to stop Apple taking over that space. But the majority of Microsoft's income is from corporate sales and I can't see IT wanting to install...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Win7 deletes shortcuts on the desktop
Windows 7 deletes shortcuts from your desktop if they point on files that no longer exist. It doesn't prompt you to clean up the desktop like XP did, it just deletes them. It doesn't even put them in...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Win7 deletes shortcuts on the desktop
Or in my case, they point to build targets that might not have been produced due to compile errors.It's another case of Windows trying to be clever and do stuff automatically when there is no automatic...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Win7 deletes shortcuts on the desktop
4 hours ago, evildictaitor wroteLook, I'm not saying deleting shortcuts without a prompt is a good idea - I'm just saying that it's a valid action for the OS to take. The sole purpose of a shortcut is...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Moving to high resolution monitors
14 minutes ago, fanbaby wroteBoy, when will web designer understand that the px unit was a mistake? I guess never, since they are been thought to think in pixels. SSSStop it! The web wasn't designed to...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Why is Silverlight so bad at playing HD video?
I've noticed on Channel 9 in the past that going full-screen would cause my CPU fan to ramp up because the Silverlight plugin was using extrodinary amounts of CPU to play the same resolution video that...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Why is Silverlight so bad at playing HD video?
Well yes, this was a while back - before the 'new design' and move to Azure made Channel 9 pretty much an unuseable mess (a portent of Windows 8).
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Does anyone use on-line backup solutions?
First of all, I wouldn't risk using Skydrive for anything.http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-responds-to-skydrive-privacy-concernsEven if you are happy that every file you have complies with...
View ArticleCoffeehouse - *Sigh* Visual Studio 2012 Launch will be 'Virtual'
@Dr Herbie: What sort of swag did they hand out in the past?
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Open source makes windows 8 usable
Nice.Although, why install Windows 8 at all?
View ArticleCoffeehouse - Windows Store now open for quantity?
The whole fact that the apps have to be written for Metro means that all the quality software that already exists for Windows will be excluded. When you need people to write new apps, most of them...
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Coffeehouse - So I finally got round to trying Win8 on hardware
7 hours ago, Dr Herbie wroteBumping this since I noticed Hanselman's blog entry shows how to create a shutdown tile on the start screen, which is nice to know.HerbieThat's handy. But this reminds me of...
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