Thursday, August 21, 2008

Test your web design in different browsers

Browsershots is a free open-source online service provides the ability to see how is a web site looks like in different browsers.
<http://browsershots.org/>

Any public web site should be compatible with different browsers and versions to be able to serve a wide rage of users.

Browser compatibly was a feature in a project I worked in since 3 years ago, I can remember how is was time, effort, and hardware consuming was. I wish we had this service since then.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 released

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 delivers:

  • Improved WPF designers
  • SQL Server 2008 support
  • ADO.NET Entity Designer
  • Visual Basic and Visual C++ components and tools (including an MFC-based Office 2007 style ‘Ribbon’)
  • Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server (TFS) addresses customer feedback on version control usability and performance, email integration with work item tracking and full support for hosting on SQL Server 2008
  • Richer JavaScript support, enhanced AJAX and data tools, and Web site deployment improvements
The .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 delivers:
  • Performance increases between 20-45% for WPF-based applications – without having to change any code
  • WCF improvements that give developers more control over the way they access data and services
  • Streamlined installation experience for client applications
  • Improvements in the area of data platform, such as the ADO.NET Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services and support for SQL Server 2008’s new features
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/cc533447.aspx>