Ryan Ternier

Yesterday I downloaded and installed VS 2008 Professional (MSDN License). The process was mild and pretty easy... uninstall all the beta software, install the new software etc. The only problem I had was when I launched a 2005 application (under TFS Source control). VS 2008 (And Team Explorer 2008 by extension) didn't really like this. I got a lot of errors, so I went back to VS 2005, manually checked out the entire solution, then loaded it up in VS 2008.  This worked like a charm.

I've noticed one thing that really gets some web developers going (and not the good going): Keeping a full screen web site looking good with different browser sizes. Those that know CSS inside-out will also have this problem as sometimes you just can't cut it with pure CSS.A0 This is why many sites us a set width - they have clear control over everything with just CSS. However, those that like to employ full screen web pages need to do a bit more.

Enter the Tilde (~)

I got a shwack of feedback and comments from my recent post: Get rid of regular buttons, use Link Buttons.A0 I actually thought my solution was a great one, apparently I was a bit off base. That's not to say that my solution was totally wrong - Yes I'm stubborn... but I do admit that I am "occasionally" wrong... occasionally...

Since I've installed MS Vista I've been plauged with getting characters like: É, >, ^^,`` when I wanted characters like ?,|,}," (note those are the exact same keys that did this, i just toggled my settings... keep reading).

I just noticed this amazing Add On for Firefox. Normally I would not blog about things like this, but this addon is very useful. How often have you been trying to find a site you went to yesterday, and you spend 10 minutes clicking through each entry in your browser history, trying to find the site you were on.

For the past 3 years I have been pushing my managers and especially the teams I work with that the web applications we make need to be visually appealing. The graphics designers I know can do amazing things. My friend Steve Sereda is an amazing graphics designer and he created some awesome skins for me for the time we worked together.