Entries for JChung2006

Seinfeld/Gates 2: "New Family" [Seinfeld/Gates 2: "New Family"]

JChung2006 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:30:29 GMT

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XRAY bookmarklet [XRAY bookmarklet]

JChung2006 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:15:13 GMT

Saw this on reddit.

http://westciv.com/xray/

A handy little bookmarklet that lets you inspect the DOM and CSS of any element on a page in IE, Firefox, and Safari.

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Report Spam [Report Spam]

JChung2006 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:58:36 GMT

Looks like the spammers are back (YouTube copy and AAC DRM removal threads in Tech Off). Do we need the Report Spam feature again?

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Thumbs up! [Thumbs up!]

JChung2006 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:02:36 GMT

Thumbs up on the Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down feature! :)

The call-to-action needs to be highlighted more, at least during the initial roll-out (when people aren't aware of the feature).

The current faded white-on-gray icons don't grab your attention and are in an awkward position. The adjustment could be as simple as moving the icons down by the other actions (Tags, Downloads, Share).

Love the tooltips (awesome vs. meh) :)

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How to work around static methods in interfaces being disallowed [How to work around static methods in interfaces being disallowed]

JChung2006 — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:30:33 GMT

Let's suppose that I design an interface:

public interface IDoThis {
    void DoThis();
}

public class DoThis : IDoThis {
    void IDoThis.DoThis() {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
}

I want to be able to expose a static factory method for all classes that implement this interface.

public interface IDoThis2 : IDoThis {
    static IDoThis CreateInstance(); // not allowed
}

public class DoThis2 : IDoThis2 {
    void IDoThis.DoThis() {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
    static IDoThis CreateInstance() {
        return new DoThis2();
    }
}

How would you work around this apparent C# limitation? Or is this a wrong way to think about this, and, if so, how would you approach the problem?

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Skyfire does Flash on Windows Mobile [Skyfire does Flash on Windows Mobile]

JChung2006 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:02:01 GMT

I saw this on Engadget via Digg:

Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile is game changing, does Flash

So when is Windows Mobile going to be able to do Silverlight too?

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System.Guid not showing properly when debugging Visual Basic [System.Guid not showing properly when debugging Visual Basic]

JChung2006 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:07:01 GMT

Visual Basic variables of the System.Guid type show up as Guid.Empty instead of their actual values when displayed in the Visual Studio debugger windows (Locals, Watch, etc).

This bug affects both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. System.Guid variables show up fine in C#.

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VR Head Tracking using the Wii remote [VR Head Tracking using the Wii remote]

JChung2006 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:40:18 GMT

A CMU grad student has devised a way to use the Wii remote to do virtual reality head tracking. He also seems to be doing neat HCI research like foldable interactive displays. MSR needs to hire this guy or at least bring him in for an internship and get him working with your Surface guys on OLED-enabled technologies!

PS. The fact that he has the same initials as me has nothing to do with this recommendation. ;)

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Where to report Win32 errors [Where to report Win32 errors]

JChung2006 — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:13:03 GMT

Where should I report errors I find in Win32, e.g., duplicate #defines in Win32Base.h, API's not properly guarded with #ifdef, etc.? The MSDN Library wiki?

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rainbow9.org [rainbow9.org]

JChung2006 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:20:32 GMT

I found this link on the Mozilla Development Center.

http://www.rainbow9.org

It also features a CSS, HTML, JavaScript, SVG, XML, and XAML editor all in your browser. Pretty slick!

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JavaScript behavior: odd or not? [JavaScript behavior: odd or not?]

JChung2006 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:34:26 GMT

What would you expect this function to return?

function add(x, y, z) {
    var x, y, z
    return x + y + z
}

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ObjectDataSource data binding and field ordering for custom classes [ObjectDataSource data binding and field ordering for custom classes]

JChung2006 — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:26:46 GMT

Well, hmm, I've been trying to answer lots of questions here so I thought I would go ahead and post a question of my own.

Let's say that you have an entity class with a few fields defined:

public class Customer { public int Id { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public string Address { get; set; } public string City { get; set; } // ... more fields, etc. }

When I bind a collection of those to an ASP.NET control like a GridView or a DataList, the ASP.NET designer pulls the fields from the ObjectDataSource's SelectMethod just fine, but it generates them in a seemingly random order so my markup looks like this:

<asp:GridView runat="server" ... > <Fields> <asp:BoundField DataField="City" ... /> <asp:BoundField DataField="Name" ... /> <asp:BoundField DataField="Address" ... /> <asp:BoundField DataField="Id" ... /> </Fields> </asp:GridView>

Is there an attribute I can set on these fields so that .NET will know which order I intend them to show up when I data bind them?

The weird thing about this is if I do it with reflection, I get them in the right order if I use Type.GetMembers and Predicate<T>:

Type type = typeof(Customer); List<MemberInfo> whatIGet = new List<MemberInfo>(type.GetMembers(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly)); List<MemberInfo> whatIWanted = whatIGet.FindAll(delegate(MemberInfo m) { return m.MemberType != MemberTypes.Constructor && m.MemberType != MemberTypes.Method; } );

I would like to avoid writing a Visual Studio 2005 macro to do this if possible.

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2008: The Year of the Linux Desktop [2008: The Year of the Linux Desktop]

JChung2006 — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:20:56 GMT

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/2008_year_of_the_linux_desktop

Wait! I thought this year was the year of the Linux desktop?

Like every year prior...

Such a joke and what's sad is that they don't even realize it.

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Call off the dogs, Microsoft [Call off the dogs, Microsoft]

JChung2006 — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:44:44 GMT

http://weblogs.asp.net/nunitaddin/archive/2007/05/30/microsoft-vs-testdriven-net-express.aspx

Threatening legal action against the developer who has made unit testing available to all Visual Studio SKU's is bad, 'mkay?

Especially so when Microsoft is planning to enable unit testing in the Visual Studio Professional SKU's in the next release.

Never mind that you can eschew the Express Editions and just use MSBuild and the command-compilers provided with the Microsoft Windows SDK and still be able to use third-party unit testing software. Like you should be able to!

Here's an idea! Make Visual Studio's unit testing support better than the third party tools that are already out there. Currently, it's not as good, but that's OK; you've been at it for less time than the folks who've been doing it since before the .NET 2.0 release.

Actually compete instead of letting your lawyers "compete" for you.

Shameful, Microsoft, absolutely shameful.

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Emetic [Emetic]

JChung2006 — Tue, 22 May 2007 02:12:15 GMT

Those of you who don't like C9 FSF trolls, look it up and have a chuckle.

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Where to report ASP.NET bugs? [Where to report ASP.NET bugs?]

JChung2006 — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:37:56 GMT

I found one in ASP.NET with regards to localization and theming.

Properties, stored in an ASP.NET theme's .skin file, with fractional values -- e.g., HorizontalPadding="0.25em" -- aren't treated as culture-invariant values.

When you use a culture with a different numeric format, e.g., commas instead of periods for the decimal separator, it uses culture-specific formatting when rendering the value, instead of culture-invariant formatting.

I suspect that this would also hold for any other formats like for currency or dates and times, but I haven't verified.

The workaround/hack is to create a culture-sensitive version of your .skin element with culture-specific properties -- e.g., HorizontalPadding="0,25em" -- and have your page change the SkinID of controls that use the skin when necessary.

So my real question, since this particular issue is likely not pertinent to most of you, is where do I report these bugs? I wouldn't be surprised if this bug lives in 3.0 and in the working version of 3.5, and I would like to see it eradicated before 3.5 goes live and fixed in 2.0 and 3.0.

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Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WCF and WPF [Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WCF and WPF]

JChung2006 — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:43:47 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=F54F5537-CC86-4BF5-AE44-F5A1E805680D&displaylang=en

So when is this going to be done? They haven't updated the CTP since November. Is there not going to be an RTM version of this because of the impending release of Visual Studio 2007 aka Orcas?

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Is backwards compatibility even important any more? [Is backwards compatibility even important any more?]

JChung2006 — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 05:16:11 GMT

If you can run an older version of Windows or DOS easily in a Virtual PC window, why bother maintaining backwards compatibility in newer versions of Windows? The trick would be to make running a virtual Windows or DOS as seamless as possible -- just another window.

It isn't good enough if every time you start up a legacy application, it has to go through the "boot" process of loading the operating system and getting to a running state. It has to be there loaded in the background already, ready to go, just waiting for you to start the application. Like SuperFetch on steroids.

Would no backwards compatibility free up significant enough development resources and open up previously blocked avenues towards compelling new functionality? Is it even a worthwhile goal to drop backwards compatibility as a feature?

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Anyone tried Vista on VMware? [Anyone tried Vista on VMware?]

JChung2006 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:34:41 GMT

Or Virtual PC 2007 beta? Or maybe Virtual PC 2004, though I seem to recall Vista not being supported on that.

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Re: IE 7 [Re: IE 7]

JChung2006 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:45:11 GMT

Eagerly awaiting the Ignore User feature in C9v4...

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WinFS [WinFS]

JChung2006 — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:19:53 GMT

*knock knock*

Anybody home?

Now that Vista is almost out the door, is anybody else curious about what is going on with WinFS? Or did that die when the reboot happened?

The WinFS team has been awfully quiet, or maybe I just haven't been looking for news in the right places.

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Re: Patent Infringment Lawsuit #765439765 Pending [Re: Patent Infringment Lawsuit #765439765 Pending]

JChung2006 — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:35:00 GMT

shooby, why not quit wasting our time and wait until the lawsuit plays out before pronouncing Microsoft guilty of patent infringement? The last time I checked, you were still innocent until proven guilty in this country's legal system.

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DirectX 10 not backwards compatible [DirectX 10 not backwards compatible]

JChung2006 — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 04:27:47 GMT

http://news.softpedia.com/news/DirectX-10-and-so-it-ends-7762.shtml

Any DirectX software developers out there happy with this decision? It sounds like a really bad idea to me, but I'm no DirectX guru.

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Windows Vista Beta 2 canceled? [Windows Vista Beta 2 canceled?]

JChung2006 — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:33:14 GMT

Paul Thurrott: Microsoft Mulls Canceling Windows Vista Beta 2

Not that I consider Paul Thurrott a particularly credible source but what is Microsoft's official stance on the release of Windows Vista Beta 2?

Back when many people expressed their disappointment with Beta 1, one of the responses from Microsoft people about Beta 1 was that the "beef" was going to be in Beta 2. Beta 2 release dates in the meantime have been slipping further into the future, and now there's speculation that they're going to cancel Beta 2?

What gives, Microsoft?

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Microsoft feels your pain [Microsoft feels your pain]

JChung2006 — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:10:40 GMT

Apologies to President Clinton for borrowing his phrase...

http://msexp.streamnavig.com/msexp/player.asp?e=E9999&s=9999_en_w&f=9999_en&uid=00011C7758813ADF&lng=en&cou=uk

Found at Marcus Perryman's blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/marcpe/archive/2005/10/20/483067.aspx

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