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Multi-user/Multi-language environment [Multi-user/Multi-language environment]

travis — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:01:27 GMT

I think I'm probably trying to accomplish too many things at once, but here goes...

I'm running Windows Server 2003 x64 beta at home (along with XP Pro x64 beta, XP Pro win32, and a few others, but I like 2k3 x64 the best). What I'd like to do is create a separate user account(s) that has Esperanto as the default OS-wide language. I don't really care if everything is still in English, I'd just like the settings to be for "eo" instead of "en-US". I'm trying to learn the language and I figured that a good way to learn would be to translate some apps. I'll be starting with some Firefox extensions since they will most likely be the easiest.

It'd be nice if I could have different DPIs for the accounts as well (120 and 96), but I don't think that's possible.

(Once I finish a few extensions I'm going to try to compile a few things for x64 as well, but that is a whole other discussion on its own.)

[EDIT] I should also mention that I know that certain distros of linux support Esperanto, and that there already is 64-bit Firefox for Linux but I really want to stick with Windows on this one.

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C# string vs. StringBuilder [C# string vs. StringBuilder]

travis — Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:58:27 GMT

How many concatenations would it take for StringBuilder to be more useful than a plain old string?

I saw this article in purgatory on codeproject, this msdn blogs post, and this one too.

Any experts want to give it a stab for those of us who don't have time to benchmark every function that concats a string?

Thanks!

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Windows 2000 media file preview [Windows 2000 media file preview]

travis — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:37:34 GMT

One thing Win2K has that XP doesn't (or at least I haven't found a way to enable it) is the ability to select an MP3, and then hit play in the media preview pane of the explorer Window. I use this feature all of the time on my Win2k box, and I always find myself trying to use it on my XP machine. Is there some specific reason why this functionality has been removed, or is it just disabled with a registry key?

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Selecting text in Windows [Selecting text in Windows]

travis — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:06:00 GMT

One thing that has bothered me tremendously since Windows 95 (I think that was the first time I've noticed it) is how Windows automatically selects an entire word for you when you're selecting text with the mouse. It seems to be worse for certain apps than others, but I'm pretty sure it's a universal Windows behavior.

Will this behavior remain in Longhorn? Will there at least be a way to disable this "feature" (Control Panel, regedit, etc.)?

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