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Visual Studio 2010 editor vs. gVim over Remote Desktop
19 October 09 09:00 AM | andarno | 0 Comments   

For those of you who may think WPF is too slow, you gotta check this out. Visual Studio 2010's new WPF-based code editor is lightening fast, especially when compared over a fast FiOS Remote Desktop connection to gVim! Read More...

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If the MS Office team wrote Visual Studio
05 August 08 07:29 AM | andarno | 2 Comments   

Some humorous pros and cons to Visual Studio, if the Microsoft Office team were ever to take over. (disclaimer: this is a tongue in cheek post.  No offense -- only laughs intended) Visual Studio 2008 would be able to load VC7 projects, modify them Read More...

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Visual Studio trick to quickly find any file in solution
02 August 08 08:04 PM | andarno | 3 Comments   

You know that Find text box in the toolbar of Visual Studio?  Those of us who are keyboard-inclined probably never use it because Ctrl+F is quicker than moving your hand to the mouse.  But there is a hidden gem of a feature inside it that really Read More...

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Why your Visual Studio add-in fails to load with error 0x80004005
15 February 08 04:43 PM | andarno | 0 Comments   

Writing Visual Studio add-ins gives you the power to do some impressive things within the IDE to enhance your productivity.  Unfortunately getting your add-in to load into Visual Studio can sometimes be a pain.  Here's just a tip you should Read More...

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Why double-clicking on an .SLN file doesn't always launch Visual Studio
13 February 08 08:32 PM | andarno | 8 Comments   

Well this is my first post as a member of the Visual Studio Platform & Ecosystem team.  My second full day on the job, and I've found some less-than-ideal areas of Visual Studio that I'm eager to improve for myself and for you, our customers.  Read More...

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