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What Visual Studio 2013 really needs ... ?

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  • D Duncan Edwards Jones

    How about an animated character similar to "clippy" - let's call him/her/it "curly" - who pops up to entertain you with animated antics until the IDE is ready.

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    Nagy Vilmos
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    Simply pop up a message saying "Try notepad..."

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    • D Duncan Edwards Jones

      How about an animated character similar to "clippy" - let's call him/her/it "curly" - who pops up to entertain you with animated antics until the IDE is ready.

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      No! Absolutely No! http://photoshopcontest.com/images/fullsize/53967644b935b3421efbe1eefdf82898f070a6be8903.jpg[^]

      Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      • N Nagy Vilmos

        Simply pop up a message saying "Try notepad..."

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        This is a Microsoft product we are talking about: it can't just "pop up a message". It has to slide a thing in from the bottom right corner, unfold it into a box, fade it into view, then give you a button to see the message. (Which takes you to the metro screen even if you have windows 7, and won't let you back) "Pop up a message" - tch! So last week!

        Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          This is a Microsoft product we are talking about: it can't just "pop up a message". It has to slide a thing in from the bottom right corner, unfold it into a box, fade it into view, then give you a button to see the message. (Which takes you to the metro screen even if you have windows 7, and won't let you back) "Pop up a message" - tch! So last week!

          Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          I see, back to Java I go... :-D

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Google translate did a good job on that: Detected it as Javanese and translated it to English as: "Gate Gate paragate parasamgate svaha Risen!" So I manually change the detection to Thai, whereupon it magically become: "Gate gate paragate parasamgate Bodhi svaha!" Which is clearly much, much more useful... :~

            Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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            Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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            It's Sanskrit!

            I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

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            • B BillWoodruff

              An add-on-in that detects the very frequent times it is not ready to perform some operation because: 1. when you click on a Control in WinForms, and then hit F4 to bring up the Property Inspector: it opens said Inspector with no content displayed, requiring you to close said Inspector and re-open it. 2. you choose to open the design-view when you are working in a code-behind view, and it needs to load the Form (that's what it tells you in the in-progress dialog it puts up, anyway) ... even if the design-view tab is currently present in the view-tabs. Myriad other cases in WinForms, and, I'm sure, similar in ASP, WPF, etc. So, what is needed is an add-on-in that lets you record (or link to sound-files) of some appropriate sounds to be played during these frequent "pregnant pauses." So, when it puts up the blank Property Inspector, I can hear something like: "Gate gate paragate parasamgate Bodhi svaha !" Or, in many other cases of "surprise delays," perhaps: "Not tonight Dear, I have a headache." Jes' sayin' Bill

              “I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : ‘I know all about it. I've already found it.’ As far as I'm concerned, the word means: ‘I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.’” Vincent Van Gogh

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              I would like a plug-in that would tell me when I'm being stupid. Problem is, it might get stuck in an infinite loop.

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                Google translate did a good job on that: Detected it as Javanese and translated it to English as: "Gate Gate paragate parasamgate svaha Risen!" So I manually change the detection to Thai, whereupon it magically become: "Gate gate paragate parasamgate Bodhi svaha!" Which is clearly much, much more useful... :~

                Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

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                Try searching on Prajnaparamita Sutra, Heart Sutra, or, Lotus Sutra, or try: [^]. The last time I said this (out loud, with this body's voice) was when the next-door neighbor, a Thai, asked me to come over and see Milo. Milo was his very friendly aged cocker-spaniel, who, imho, like all long-haired dogs, suffered mightily in the heat and humidity of Thailand. At his house my friend showed me a freshly covered over excavation, and said, in Thai: "Milo's dead." For whatever reasons I bowed (made the "wai" gesture) to the late Milo's grave, and said the mantra: to my delight, and surprise, my Thai friend, a Buddhist, promptly said: "Amen" :) Way back in the late paleolithic, before even Visual Basic, when I used to meditate at the Berkeley Zendo, this Sutra would be chanted in English after the sesshin was over: it was always comical to be part of a group of thirty, or so, people speaking in unison: "no eyes, no ears, no mouth," etc. cheers, Bill

                “I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : ‘I know all about it. I've already found it.’ As far as I'm concerned, the word means: ‘I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.’” Vincent Van Gogh

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                • A Abu Mami

                  I would like a plug-in that would tell me when I'm being stupid. Problem is, it might get stuck in an infinite loop.

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                  BillWoodruff
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                  Hi Abu, Anytime I need to feel stupid, I just post on the Lounge, or answer a QA question here, but I am not sure it will work for you. cheers, Bill

                  “I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : ‘I know all about it. I've already found it.’ As far as I'm concerned, the word means: ‘I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.’” Vincent Van Gogh

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                  • B BillWoodruff

                    Hi Abu, Anytime I need to feel stupid, I just post on the Lounge, or answer a QA question here, but I am not sure it will work for you. cheers, Bill

                    “I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : ‘I know all about it. I've already found it.’ As far as I'm concerned, the word means: ‘I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.’” Vincent Van Gogh

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                    Abu Mami
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                    :-) Maybe I'll post a programming question.

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                    • B BillWoodruff

                      An add-on-in that detects the very frequent times it is not ready to perform some operation because: 1. when you click on a Control in WinForms, and then hit F4 to bring up the Property Inspector: it opens said Inspector with no content displayed, requiring you to close said Inspector and re-open it. 2. you choose to open the design-view when you are working in a code-behind view, and it needs to load the Form (that's what it tells you in the in-progress dialog it puts up, anyway) ... even if the design-view tab is currently present in the view-tabs. Myriad other cases in WinForms, and, I'm sure, similar in ASP, WPF, etc. So, what is needed is an add-on-in that lets you record (or link to sound-files) of some appropriate sounds to be played during these frequent "pregnant pauses." So, when it puts up the blank Property Inspector, I can hear something like: "Gate gate paragate parasamgate Bodhi svaha !" Or, in many other cases of "surprise delays," perhaps: "Not tonight Dear, I have a headache." Jes' sayin' Bill

                      “I'm an artist: it's self evident that word implies looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying : ‘I know all about it. I've already found it.’ As far as I'm concerned, the word means: ‘I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.’” Vincent Van Gogh

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                      PIEBALDconsult
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                      A "Turbo Mode" -- like Turbo Pascal and it's ilk, whereby it doesn't need to create a freakin' Project and Solution just to compile the files I have open dagnabit! :mad: Even I can* write a simple IDE that just does this one simple thing for me, why can't they? * And I have. And I use it a lot.

                      You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

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