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@evildictaitor: I must admit that I am disappointied, as I was really pleased when you returned, because the quality soared after just a few days of your posting.

I do feel a little guilty and culpable, as I haven't always been the most positive poster of late, but I really feel Microsoft messed me about with their client development stack, so much that there are now very few Technical evangelists (apart from Azure) that commit to generating content, be that Jaime Rodriguez, Yochay Kiriaty, Tim Heuer or even Tim Sneath.

I still stand by everything I said however, and am beginning to see that there was some truth in my complaints. I would however feel exactly the same as you, if people behaved the way they did with everything I posted, as there is nothing so offensive to such a fertile mind.

Adios, amigos!

I don't think that the media is necessarily negative, but I think people have just recoiled and decided to wait and see. Initially the problems with Windows 8 were a lack of communication from Microsoft to its core developers, as the Windows team thought they would dictate, but Windows needs developers, and most of them are frustrated, angry and unenthused.

Steve Ballmer is known for repeating the words "Developers, Developers, Developers!", the Windows team decided to perturb its core developer base, marginalise and sideline them, but it is they that will make the platform shine.

I have gone back to Web development for now, as I cannot bet on Microsoft's commitment to anything.

3 minutes ago, MasterPie wrote

I don't think the Kinect can handle that.

What, his thrusting?

Definitely cool!

I recommend you try formal training that is classroom based, that should allow you to determine the "type" of developer you want to be.

A lot of people make the mistake of trying to run before they can crawl, or choosing a technology that is just too specific and they end up hating it.

With Apple and Android also making inroads, be sure to learn something that will allow you to develop for the platform you want to.

Played around with Metro a little, the steep learning part is mostly the fact that everything is asynchronous, once you get over that, it means that developing your apps becomes easier.

You pay the price for being an early adopter i.e. no help in blogs and incomplete documentation, but that should get paid back by being the first to hit the market

IF THE VISUAL STUDIO DESIGN TEAM AUCTIONED EVERY COMPLAINT IN THIS THREAD WE WOULD END UP RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED 

edit, MAYBE FEATURE CREEP IS UNAVOIDABLE, AND A MENU OPTION TO HAVE NORMAL CAPS IS THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE DISSENTERS

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A definite improvement for me, I was finding it hard for example to find the .sln file in windows, or differentiating files in the IDE.

All in all, I have nothing to complain about, the CAPITALS ARE A DESIGN DECISION, SO WE WILL HAVE TO STICK WITH THEM, IF I AM HONEST, I QUITE LIKE THEM, AND THINK THEM VITAL TO THE METRO LOOK, AS IT ISN'T TOO MUCH

34 minutes ago, GoddersUK wrote

VLC doesn't even come up on a search for "DVD Software" on Google. At the time of writing the number one result is:

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/

Now I have no idea if the above software is actually any good, safe or even genuine but I think we all know installing random software found from a Google search is not the best thing one can do for the health of one's PC...

 

If you try searching for "free DVD player". That software is very good (I think we need a "works on my machine" smiley)

9 minutes ago, DCMonkey wrote

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It reduces it for Microsoft, not for us. I don't see them lowering the price vs Win7.

I really enjoy reading the balanced, considered and unbiased posts by cbae, that are an apotheosis for the word proclivity. If he has shares, then fair enough, or possibly intending to apply for work there.