Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:18 PM
szurgot
(De-)Evolution of a software program (part 1)
A long time ago (In the days of Beta 1 of .NET 1.0, I beleive) I started working on a program that used the Internet Explorer componenent to do 2 things.
- Load up a list of sites, and load them in sequential order (through the use of a next/prev buttons), and allow easy perusal of a daily site list. (This was in pre-tabbed browsing/RSS days)
- Load up a site from historical list, and it would remember the last page viewed at that site, and allow you to read the site like a "book". (Especially good with web comic archives)
The first version worked pretty well, but had a few major problems. 1) It was slow on the next/prev part cause it didn't pre-load the sites, and 2) it let popups through.
At various times since then, I've tried every trick I could to get rid of those popups, and still let real "new windows" through, with little luck, to such that I abandoned both portions of the program for years at a time. I've rescusitated them from time to time, most recently when Whidbey came out....
(Coming up... Failed Attempts)
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