Hi folks- I've been working to redesign the file tabs for Orcas (the version of VS after Whidbey) and would love to get your feedback. Based on feedback we've heard from Whidbey users, we're primarily seeking to solve the issues of: 1) grouping related...

Hi, my name is Jonathan Effrat, and I'm a PM with VS Core IDE currently redesigning the tab model used to switch between all your open files (that row of tabs which sits above the editor, including the little dropdown list and close buttons). I really...

Gabba Gabba Hey!! This is only a test.

One of the unfortunate problems that we have in VS is that if you have a side by side install of 2 VS versions and uninstall one of them, we screw up your VS file extension associations. I am working on a tool that will diagnose and repair the VS file...

About the post title - When I joined MS 3 years ago we used to have a lot of "Beer and Apps (appetizers)" Friday afternoons. Lately I've started trying to develop my pun skills. I admit this was pretty weak, but I had to put it out there :). Anyways,...

Hi everyone, I've gathered a nice list of ideas for apps from blogs, newsgroups, MS people, etc... I've shown these to our team and there are people already working on some projects. Things that are in the works right now are: - Window Management ideas...

Hi All, We had a chat on MSDN about the new Import/Export Settings last week. You can find the complete transcript at the following URL. http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/vstudio/vstudio_080204.asp If you have any more feedback about this feature, please...

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/ I am super excited about this! After months and months of hard work, we finally released this product. Although it is only a beta release, it is a very important milestone and we are hoping to get a lot of customer...

Hello, my name is Jeremy Jones. I'm an SDET on the VS Core IDE team, and I work primary on the Help system. I also own testing of the AutoRecover and WebBrowser features. I'm just posting to introduce myself and make known that feedback/ideas/comments...

I am working with marketing and investigating whether it would be valuable to our custoomers if we shipped a keyboard shortcuts quick reference in our retail boxes for Whidbey. What do you guys think? The idea is that out of the box, you will get a...

Hello World. I’m Sara and I own testing the Window Management features as James explains below This is the cool docking, autohide, floating, windows management feature in Visual Studio If you’re interested in Window Management...

Hi there, my name is Krassimir. I'm on the CoreIDE team. We are about to do some app building. App building is basically taking some time to write code and test the IDE end to end. We are usually writing tools that we can later use at work. This...

Welcome to the Visual Studio IDE Team Blog! We are the team who provides you with the Visual Studio environment. What does that mean? It means we build the platform, design the architecture, set standards for the user interface, and implement components...