Forgot about this one, but there is a new version of FireFox out there now as well.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
This exposed me to an odd bug caused by one of the plugins I have installed. I have a plugin that saves the tabs that I have open for the next time FireFox is loaded. In a separate window of FireFox I had one of those pages open that removes the menu, toolbar, and everything else from the FireFox window. So when Firefox reloaded, it reloaded that page, also without the toolbar, menus, sidebars, etc. To fix the problem, I had to uninstall FireFox, then go to the C:\documents and Settings\username\Application Data\FireFox directory and delete just about everything (I kept the bookmarks.html file).
I haven't unloaded the plugin yet, but I'm tempted.
August 31, 2004
New version on Context
Context, my current favorite text editor has a new version: v0.97.5
Comes with many language highlighters, file compare, and tabbed windows (sort of like Opera and FireFox). Plus you can change the colors and fonts on a per language basis.
Best of all, it is free from http://www.fixedsys.com/context
Second best: it is either written in Delphi or C++ Builder.
Anyone have a better text file editor?
Comes with many language highlighters, file compare, and tabbed windows (sort of like Opera and FireFox). Plus you can change the colors and fonts on a per language basis.
Best of all, it is free from http://www.fixedsys.com/context
Second best: it is either written in Delphi or C++ Builder.
Anyone have a better text file editor?
August 18, 2004
The Internet is down!!!
Oh, wait...I have to reboot my hub.
The worst part is I dont know if I can blame QWest, my DSL modem, or my hub. But if I reboot the hub, all the problems go away.
So I blame the ice cream man truck that runs through my neighbor hood playing "Are your ears too long" WAY too loud.
The worst part is I dont know if I can blame QWest, my DSL modem, or my hub. But if I reboot the hub, all the problems go away.
So I blame the ice cream man truck that runs through my neighbor hood playing "Are your ears too long" WAY too loud.
August 16, 2004
MSDN TOC Update
So apparently MSDN is updating is documentation table-of-contents.
Now I use the MSDN libraries several times a week, I rairly find it usefull. That isn't because the TOC is bad, but the entire concept of using the TOC to find one document in amongst 3 million just doesn't work.
Once I find a document that is close, then I will sometimes use the TOC find related docs. But from experience, I know that one article by Dino Espisoto will have nothing to do with another articlue by Dino. Unless I'm just looking for interesting reading material.
Part of this has to do with what I'm looking for on MSDN. Typically I'm either looking for documentation on an API, or for the latest article. Now the RSS feed from MSDN does a good job of the latter, and the Search engine on MSDN does a bad job of the former. One search in 5 will return relavent information. From what I've heard from my developer friends, that is normal.
So please, make the search better (and for the record, I've heard Microsoft is), and make the TOC better. I hope it is more usefull that it has been, but I doubt it.
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Since I'm on this topic (griping about MSDN), there is one other improvement I would like to see. Wiki'ize MSDN. Check out www.wikipedia.com if you dont know what I'm talking about.
Basically, allow users, like my self, help update the MSDN documentation. Maybe not all of it, but users should be able to send in small amount of sample code for an API, or give an alternate explanation of a function, give warnings about bugs, etc.
Between a better search engine and wiki, MSDN could be one of the most powerfull documenation centers on the web.
Now I use the MSDN libraries several times a week, I rairly find it usefull. That isn't because the TOC is bad, but the entire concept of using the TOC to find one document in amongst 3 million just doesn't work.
Once I find a document that is close, then I will sometimes use the TOC find related docs. But from experience, I know that one article by Dino Espisoto will have nothing to do with another articlue by Dino. Unless I'm just looking for interesting reading material.
Part of this has to do with what I'm looking for on MSDN. Typically I'm either looking for documentation on an API, or for the latest article. Now the RSS feed from MSDN does a good job of the latter, and the Search engine on MSDN does a bad job of the former. One search in 5 will return relavent information. From what I've heard from my developer friends, that is normal.
So please, make the search better (and for the record, I've heard Microsoft is), and make the TOC better. I hope it is more usefull that it has been, but I doubt it.
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Since I'm on this topic (griping about MSDN), there is one other improvement I would like to see. Wiki'ize MSDN. Check out www.wikipedia.com if you dont know what I'm talking about.
Basically, allow users, like my self, help update the MSDN documentation. Maybe not all of it, but users should be able to send in small amount of sample code for an API, or give an alternate explanation of a function, give warnings about bugs, etc.
Between a better search engine and wiki, MSDN could be one of the most powerfull documenation centers on the web.
August 13, 2004
First Post
OK, so this blog envelopping world has finally caught up with me. I dont know how far I will go with this, but I will give it a try at least.
At least I can say that I got the first post on my own blog. Slashdot be darned to heck.
At least I can say that I got the first post on my own blog. Slashdot be darned to heck.
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