Fear and Loathing - All Comments

re: Does the world really need "official" apps?

Bil Simser — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:46:32 GMT

@Alvin That's exactly one of my pet peeves with Windows Phone as a platform. It's treated as a second class citizen when companies are considering mobile strategy. Apps should show up on iOS, Android, and WP7 at the same time and features should be the same across all devices. Of course that takes a lot of work and three different skill sets.

@beetledev I agree that you have to be careful of apps that are taking your username/password and are not official ones. Most services these days use OAuth (or OAuth2) so you're redirected back to the official site to enter your username/password. The 3rd party app never sees it.

re: Introducing the New Vista iPod

L. Ekisola — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:43:56 GMT

I just like the name for its Italian origins. It actually means a beautiful breathtaking captivating sight, one that leaves you pleasantly speechless. Like it speaks for itself, no words are needed. Wow! :)

re: Does the world really need "official" apps?

Alvin Ashcraft — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:00:03 GMT

I have no problem using 3rd party apps for services, as long as it has all of the functionality I need. 4th & Mayor is a great example, as are some of the YouTube apps in the Marketplace.

However, I think that the lack of 'official' apps for sites/companies who have apps for iOS and Android helps to perpetuate the perception that Windows Phone is not a viable option for your average Joe Smartphone-Shopper.

It needs to get a point where companies want to publish apps for Windows Phone simultaneously with their Android/iOS counterparts.

re: Does the world really need "official" apps?

beetledev — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:36:32 GMT

I rarely use 3rd party apps for services for which I need to log in. How can I be sure that I'm not giving that 3rd party my username and password?

re: Does the world really need "official" apps?

Tom Durkins — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:17:07 GMT

If it's not an official app there's no guarantee it will have the same look & feel as the vendor would have it, nor does it guarantee that it will have proper support and won't disappear one day. WP7 *needs* OFFICIAL apps since they're on iOS and Android anyway.

re: Microsoft's Next Move, Split Metro and Classic Mode in Windows 8?

Nightgazer Starlight — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:04:31 GMT

This is the reason I am still using Windows XP now.

It has a true classic mode there.

It's the last OS they made that does though.

Vista's classic mode is not the true classic mode.

Everything else after XP is crap... my opinion now.

re: Tired of SharePoint Discussions?

Pen — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:40:48 GMT

What's wrong with step children and red heads?

re: A good reporting solution for SharePoint Applications?

Nick Lachey — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:24:32 GMT

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re: Getting Sites and Webs during Feature Activation in SharePoint

Jeff angama — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:30:51 GMT

Hello

Personnally to debug a feature :

-I put a debug point on the feature

-I deploy with visual studio, with no activation deployment !

-then I attach all the process thanks to CKS Dev Server (see my post jeff-sharepoint-note.blogspot.com/.../sharepoint-toolssharepoint-manager-2010.html)

-I activate by hand the feature in site settings of the website

-Visual studio debug !

Regards

re: Dynamic Project Listing for XAMPP

sana — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:01:20 GMT

Thanks, it works prefectly