The neat thing about VS2010
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It 'launches fast' because it shows you the dialog, then makes you wait for it to populate. I think it's slower overall, the other one just used to not show until it was ready for use. I think it needs a search, esp when the default sort is not by name and it's by something ( .NET version ? ) that causes it to seem like it's by name unless you notice that it's not scrolled far enough.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I love the Add Reference dialog box. Not only it launches fast compared to the Add Reference dialog box in VS2008, but it is also possible to sort on component name, version, runtime and path. Both .Net and COM reference list is populated almost instantly.
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There is also the point that you can switch to the appropriate tab while things are loading. I remember hitting the wrong tab before and having to wait forever until I could navigate to the correct tab. That can save a little time.
Agreed, and this is especially true if you want to add a project reference (and it's trying to load the GAC references first) when you KNOW it knows the projects. Much handier to be able to squirrel right into the tab you want ASAP.
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It 'launches fast' because it shows you the dialog, then makes you wait for it to populate. I think it's slower overall, the other one just used to not show until it was ready for use. I think it needs a search, esp when the default sort is not by name and it's by something ( .NET version ? ) that causes it to seem like it's by name unless you notice that it's not scrolled far enough.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I don't think it's slower overall... The key is the fact that VS2010 allows you to click on the other tabs right away. For example, if you need a project reference, then it's much faster now with VS2010. Even if you need to cancel it behaves better