And I think most things "scale up" because most things start small and have no need for the complexities of distributed servers across the globe.

6 minutes ago, fabian wrote

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I just assumed that since they didn't mention it, it isn't and the disk is too small.

I ran an HD HTPC with a 500GB drive and never ran into space issues. It's not in front of me right now, but I seem to remember a 1080i show taking up about 10GB/hour.

More details on the TV functionality. What about non-cable/sat subscribers? What about cable customers without a box (clear QAM channels)?

If the tablet is more for casual use, browsing the web, checking email, occasional Office work, then Windows RT makes a lot more sense.

6 hours ago, wastingtime​withforums wrote

One of the most popular videos on Youtube right now, no joke:

 

235.000 views and 25.000 comments within a day.

It's very frightening that I live in a world where people can get so livid over a machine made to waste time.

2 minutes ago, ZippyV wrote

Live video feed: http://www.neowin.net/news/watch-the-next-generation-xbox-announcement-live-right-here

Just an iframe to xbox.com

Also, is the TV function all streaming or will it have a tuner card? I'm not a cable subscriber and enjoy my HTPC's DVR functionality.

1 hour ago, DeathBy​VisualStudio wrote

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It's not an update. It's an apology and a nice one at that.

I am getting the feeling that these are all changes that had been made but kept out of the main trunk by Sinofsky. I just hope that MS doesn't backtrack too much; Windows 8 is fantastic on tablets.

1 hour ago, Cybermagell​an wrote

It's not acceptable because that's not the way the paying world works. They want the <asp:TextBox>, and the <form> to wrap around an entire page.

(isPost), what is that? Why can't I just do an async call and handle my callback?

Seriously it's depressing to get an interview for a Senior Developer position, and when they ask "What happens on page postback?", and I say "Unfortunately I don't write in that manner" and I hear "Oh, um, hmm, well that's how you do it in .NET"

I feel like I'm losing my mind, I KNOW I'm Senior/Lead material, I just don't use it the "legacy", way (before jQuery came along and made everyone's life easier)?

Well, IMO a senior ASP.NET developer should know all about postbacks and the page lifecycle. He doesn't have to use them in his web site, but he should know about them. Most dev work is maintaining existing sites. What happens if you need to modify a page that uses postbacks and the horribly confusing way that ASP.NET handles callbacks? You can't just rewrite the entire page to use jQuery. What if there's a requirement that the site work without JavaScript?

3 hours ago, evildictait​or wrote

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Although I suppose it all comes down to what you define a service pack to be, Windows 8.1 isn't a service pack. They're going to completely refresh the OS and flatten the entire Windows directory. There's changes everywhere from Windows Explorer to IE to compiler improvements to new syscalls - at least going by the leaked build.

It might "feel" like a service pack, but it really isn't. It's an entirely new OS whose UI is pretty much the same with presumably a transparent upgrade path.

Wow, really? It's surprising that MS would make all of those under-the-hood moves in a minor version update.

To help ease the transition, remember that you can add runat="server" to any HTML control and it will be available in the code-behind for you to work with.

I'd use MVC 4. It fits very nicely into CRUD applications.

8 hours ago, felix9 wrote

50/50 is just the default split, the snapping is actually arbitrary in blue, you can drag the splitter anywhere between, the only limit is just a minimal width of app.

so, yes, the docked snap view is supported on 1024x768

Really? That's pretty nice. I hope the dev will have control over what resolution triggers the switch to snapped mode in the UI.

21 hours ago, felix9 wrote

@spivonious: the Update 3 is already in the plan.

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2013/04/04/vs-tfs-2012-2-update-2-released-today.aspx

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actually, Update 3 CTP is already released

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38426

 

With a go-live license to boot.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2835600

27 minutes ago, cbae wrote

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Maybe DevDiv decided to dogfood TFS and Scrum.

I think they have, because TFS 2012 is a major upgrade from TFS 2010 when it comes to the agile planning tools.

1 hour ago, wastingtime​withforums wrote

Fact is, Windows XP is the most used Windows version after 7, with a marketshare of almost 40%.

Citation? Last I checked, XP had less marketshare than Windows 8.

You have no idea how software is developed if you think a $30 upgrade license would pay for supporting the ancient piece of software that XP is.

14 minutes ago, vesuvius wrote

@Sven Groot: Mvc is brilliant, coming from WPF and MVVM it is a real departure from classic webforms. I'm not the strongest JQuery developer, and it has sometimes been frustrating when you want to do advanced stuff, as MVC 2 and 1 examples don't work, but all in all is it web programming done right.

 

I will never write another webforms website again....evah!

If you're looking for a nice intro to jQuery, check out the course here: http://try.jquery.com/

I totally agree about MVC (at least 3+). It is 1000x better than WebForms.

Still pretty lame that they're excluding at least 40% of their visitors, especially when IE9+ supports the standards just fine.