March 2004 - Posts

• Keep the Debugger Usability Problems Coming

  Hi all, Keep the feedback on the debugger usability problems coming. I've seen a few that have Whidbey solutions, and a few that don't. I'll capture all this feedback and make sure we use it. Cheers, Rick Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:53 AM by ricksp | 7 Comments

• User Focus of the C# Language Design Team

  I've gotten some good and interesting feedback on the post about doing usability for Generics. The question on some people's minds is, “Did the language design team really listen to us when they designed how we will use Generics in C#, or were they Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 31, 2004 9:49 AM by ricksp | 4 Comments

• Typical Usability Problems with Debugging in C#

  Yesterday I posted about how we think the typical C# user users the debugger. This posting talks about some of the usability problems that we observed, and also discusses how some of the new Whideby debugger features address those problems. Users Work Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:16 PM by ricksp | 4 Comments

• What is Typical C# Debugger Usage?

  Over the past couple of years the debugger team invested heavily in understanding how our different user groups debug, and use the debugger. It turns out that debugging and using the debugger is not the same thing because a significant number of our users Read More... Posted Monday, March 29, 2004 5:03 PM by ricksp | 4 Comments