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I read a blog post today that said Internet Explorer RC1 was released and is available for download.
My first reaction - and my only reaction since I read the post - is, "Big deal."
Honestly here, Microsoft comes to the party years and years after
the fact, so what is there to be excited about unless you're someone
who stuck to IE6 even though there were better browsers available?
I am an ASP.NET developer and I've created or helped to create dozens and dozens of sites. I love ASP.NET (particularly 2.0) and wouldn't choose any other technology for my work.
I'm the first to admit that I don't know every technical detail of IE 7, but I have been to the site and I see nothing that gives me what I don't get in Firefox or Safari. So I'm quite curious. Microsoft doesn't charge for IE (at least they never have, who knows what they'll do with IE 7). With that in mind, why would they spend literally years developing a browser that doesn't give me anything I haven't already had for the past couple of years? Why would they spend all that time and money? Is it solely to try to regain the market share they've lost since 2003? And if the answer is yes, what happens if they do regain that market share? Where does that get them? Why would it be a good thing?
I visit web sites all day long while doing research, work, and personal browsing. Oddly enough, and I swear this is a true statement, the only sites I've seen that look screwy or out of whack are hosted by Microsoft.com. MSN.com doesn't display like it does in IE 6. MSDN articles don't print correctly from any browser but IE 6, menus and fonts often appear so tiny they can't be read, and there are a slew of other issues.
So I ask again - if Microsoft isn't going to play nice with other browsers (via the many sites they own and operate), why would I support their new browser? What's the point? I'm not asking to be sarcastic, I'm asking because I obviously must be overlooking something here (which wouldn't be the first time). Microsoft didn't get to where it is today by making mistakes, so can someone please enlighten me here?
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I have a firewall appliance that has a built-in DHCP server. All of my internal boxes have internal (i.e. 10.0.0.x) IP addresses, some of which are static and some are DHCP'd.
I can browse to any web site on the whole internet - except the three that I host on a little laptop here in my office. Does anyone know why this might be? It just times out while looking for all three sites while every other site comes up very quickly.
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I was reading a blog entry today that mentioned an installation of Parallels in order to run a virtualized instance of Windows on an Intel-based Mac. I had heard of Parallels but was hesitant to give it a try based on my terrible experience with Microsoft Virtual PC 7 for Mac.
Well, I bit the bullet and downloaded the demo version to give it a shot and I was (and am still) absolutely floored by this product. It is nothing like Virtual PC (thankfully) and Windows runs inside it just as fast as I've ever seen it run. To think that my little 15-inch MacBook Pro is essentially running two operating systems - and running both of them like it's no big deal - is really amazing.
Although an Intel-based Mac is required to run Parallels, once you have one you'll find that the cost of the Parallels software ($79.99 as advertised on their site) is far cheaper than the $116.88 that Amazon.com is selling Virtual PC 7 for at the time I write this. And again - the performance is just jaw-dropping. I wouldn't even believe that what I'm using is virtualized if I couldn't drag the thing around on my Mac desktop.
Now I finally get to do all of my talks using Keynote (instead of PowerPoint) and still get to do all of my demos without having to switch computers or reboot into Windows using Boot Camp. I also get to use the Mac for all of my day to day work (email in Mac Mail, scheduling in iCal, IM in iChat, internet browsing in Safari, etc.) and still do any development or architecture in my "Windows window".
I will say this - it's amazing how much simpler Windows becomes when you can remove virtually everything from the Start menu and All Programs menu (see photo).
Now - can anyone offer any suggestions on how I can convince my wife that I need a Mac Pro to replace the quad PowerMac G5 I got in January?
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I posted this a while ago but then received a message from the asp.net team about the comments issue in the new release, so here we go again with hopes that people will be able to reply this time :) .
I have a 2005 solution that consists of 7 class libraries and one web site. I have a team build already set up and working that builds everything and drops it off in the location I specified. The only problem is that it only builds the class libraries. The web site is never built and placed into a _PublishedWebsites folder as expected.
Does anyone know why this might be?
Thanks,
Russ