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February 2008

Extender Control Just Won't Pick Up Localization

Imagine my surprise when, having gone through the AJAX localization tutorial and this MSDN article up, down and sideways, I couldn’t get my extender control to see resource strings on the client!  Read this blog post

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Usability Blooper: Dollar, You Ain't Helping

Here’s an interesting screenie from Dollar rent-a-car: Read this blog post

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One Interesting Use of Explicitly Implemented Interfaces

When you see a discussion of explicit interfaces, it is usually about resolving clashes in their signatures (see Explicit Interface Implementation Tutorial).  Read this blog post

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Two Press Releases and Bad Copywriting

Compare these two artifacts that came from the gods of corporate communication: Read this blog post

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Join the Dark Side

For months now I’ve been using a dark theme for my Visual Studio, and I’m loving it. To someone who spends days and days in front of a computer, a dark-grey “canvas” definitely puts less strain on the eyes. Read this blog post

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Collection Interfaces Smell

Going back to Framework Design Guidelines, here’s a guideline pertaining to collections that I disagree with: Read this blog post

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Scenario-Driven Design Violated To the Utmost

I like Framework Design Guidelines. It’s a nice guidebook on how to get everyone on your team on the same page and establish common coding practices. While re-reading it, I came across the principle of Scenario-Driven Design (sec 2.2.1) which states the following: Read this blog post

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