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    Judah Gabriel Himango
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    This sounds like an interesting VS plugin: VS PerfWatson[^]. The plugin detects when Visual Studio hangs. When it hangs, it sends the hung stack trace to MS. MS spends less time investigating VS performance problems and more time fixing them[^]. :cool:

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      This sounds like an interesting VS plugin: VS PerfWatson[^]. The plugin detects when Visual Studio hangs. When it hangs, it sends the hung stack trace to MS. MS spends less time investigating VS performance problems and more time fixing them[^]. :cool:

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      Ian Shlasko
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      Bah... Looks nice, but my office still uses XP, and that requires Vista/7.

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        This sounds like an interesting VS plugin: VS PerfWatson[^]. The plugin detects when Visual Studio hangs. When it hangs, it sends the hung stack trace to MS. MS spends less time investigating VS performance problems and more time fixing them[^]. :cool:

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        Rama Krishna Vavilala
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        Judah Himango wrote:

        MS spends less time investigating VS performance problems

        You mean performance problems in VS 2010 are not obvious enough? It's startup time is almost same as that of Eclipse.

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          Judah Himango wrote:

          MS spends less time investigating VS performance problems

          You mean performance problems in VS 2010 are not obvious enough? It's startup time is almost same as that of Eclipse.

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          Surely that's not the only performance problem? ;)

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            Surely that's not the only performance problem? ;)

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            modified on Monday, May 9, 2011 2:00 PM

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            I still don't know, VS2010 is still loading!!

            Watched code never compiles.

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              I still don't know, VS2010 is still loading!!

              Watched code never compiles.

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              Judah Gabriel Himango
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              This community is so damn cynical! ;P

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                Bah... Looks nice, but my office still uses XP, and that requires Vista/7.

                Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                Judah Gabriel Himango
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                Ian Shlasko wrote:

                still uses XP

                Wow. 11 year old OS. Yikes.

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                • J Judah Gabriel Himango

                  This sounds like an interesting VS plugin: VS PerfWatson[^]. The plugin detects when Visual Studio hangs. When it hangs, it sends the hung stack trace to MS. MS spends less time investigating VS performance problems and more time fixing them[^]. :cool:

                  Religiously blogging on the intarwebs since the early 21st century: Kineti L'Tziyon
                  Judah Himango

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                  Judah Himango wrote:

                  When it hangs, it sends the hung stack trace to MS. MS spends less time investigating VS performance problems and more time fixing ignoring them

                  You spelled a word wrong. Don't worry, I fixed it...

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                    This community is so damn cynical! ;P

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                    Actually, we're realists...

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                      This sounds like an interesting VS plugin: VS PerfWatson[^]. The plugin detects when Visual Studio hangs. When it hangs, it sends the hung stack trace to MS. MS spends less time investigating VS performance problems and more time fixing them[^]. :cool:

                      Religiously blogging on the intarwebs since the early 21st century: Kineti L'Tziyon
                      Judah Himango

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                      From the link: If VS goes unresponsive for more than 2 seconds, Perf Watson grabs a stack frame. That's the problem. When I use it, VS 2010 rarely goes unresponsive for 2 seconds, it just feels sluggish. Usability tests have proven over and over that if something takes more than 100 ms, users notice it's not instantaneous. By 300 ms, it becomes obvious. By 1 second it becomes measurably disruptive. Microsoft has an excellent usability department, so why do so many divisions and teams at Microsoft ignore them? (Rhetorical question--solving customer problems takes a back seat to using the latest "in" technology.)

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                        From the link: If VS goes unresponsive for more than 2 seconds, Perf Watson grabs a stack frame. That's the problem. When I use it, VS 2010 rarely goes unresponsive for 2 seconds, it just feels sluggish. Usability tests have proven over and over that if something takes more than 100 ms, users notice it's not instantaneous. By 300 ms, it becomes obvious. By 1 second it becomes measurably disruptive. Microsoft has an excellent usability department, so why do so many divisions and teams at Microsoft ignore them? (Rhetorical question--solving customer problems takes a back seat to using the latest "in" technology.)

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                        Yep, there are sluggish parts. Still, I'm happy if they fix some of the hangs. Step in the right direction.

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                          From the link: If VS goes unresponsive for more than 2 seconds, Perf Watson grabs a stack frame. That's the problem. When I use it, VS 2010 rarely goes unresponsive for 2 seconds, it just feels sluggish. Usability tests have proven over and over that if something takes more than 100 ms, users notice it's not instantaneous. By 300 ms, it becomes obvious. By 1 second it becomes measurably disruptive. Microsoft has an excellent usability department, so why do so many divisions and teams at Microsoft ignore them? (Rhetorical question--solving customer problems takes a back seat to using the latest "in" technology.)

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                          Have you noticed the scrolling lag? In a long file, scrolling lags for about a 1/4 second and then picks up again every second or two.

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                            Actually, we're realists...

                            ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                            -----
                            You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                            -----
                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                            Judah Gabriel Himango
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                            Actually, I think too many people here are crotchety, sarcastic whiners who complain about everything, do little or nothing to improve things, and couldn't do a better job themselves building said [product/tech] if they tried. Still, that doesn't stop them from whining.

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                              Actually, I think too many people here are crotchety, sarcastic whiners who complain about everything, do little or nothing to improve things, and couldn't do a better job themselves building said [product/tech] if they tried. Still, that doesn't stop them from whining.

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                              How do you expect us to act when after reporting bugs to Microsoft, we're told they're not going to fix the problem. That's happened to me twice - once with the syntax highlighting issues in VS2010, and another time regarding non-client-hit testing for a windows bug that they freely admitted was an actual bug. Whinging? Nope - I think it's more like spitting into the wind.

                              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                Have you noticed the scrolling lag? In a long file, scrolling lags for about a 1/4 second and then picks up again every second or two.

                                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                -----
                                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                -----
                                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                I noticed so much lag everywhere that I finally just uninstalled it and continued with VS 2008.

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                                  How do you expect us to act when after reporting bugs to Microsoft, we're told they're not going to fix the problem. That's happened to me twice - once with the syntax highlighting issues in VS2010, and another time regarding non-client-hit testing for a windows bug that they freely admitted was an actual bug. Whinging? Nope - I think it's more like spitting into the wind.

                                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                  -----
                                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                  -----
                                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                  Yep, happened to me several times. In fact, there's one case on MS Connect that I filed in 2002, and they still haven't resolved it. (keeps getting, "considered for a future version"). It sucks. IT's like I tell my kids. Complain about it once, OK. Complain about it for weeks on end, not OK. Sometimes things can't be fixed. Sad fact of life. Get over it. Move on. Stop complaining.

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                                    I noticed so much lag everywhere that I finally just uninstalled it and continued with VS 2008.

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                                    Funny, because VS 2008 had a HUGE problem with big files. Scrolling would come to a halt. Improvements were made in VS 2010[^]. I think if God gave you all an IDE, you'd find something to bitch about it and yearn for "the good ol' days" of Windows 3.1 Edit.exe :thumbsdown:

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                                      How do you expect us to act when after reporting bugs to Microsoft, we're told they're not going to fix the problem. That's happened to me twice - once with the syntax highlighting issues in VS2010, and another time regarding non-client-hit testing for a windows bug that they freely admitted was an actual bug. Whinging? Nope - I think it's more like spitting into the wind.

                                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                      -----
                                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                      -----
                                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                      John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                      How do you expect us to act

                                      Try to improve the situation. This thread is about a VS plugin that can improve the situation. Instead of bitching, and joking about all the places MS sucks, do something about it. This VS plugin is a small step in the right direction. Install it. Let it send hangs to MS. VS improves, and there's just a little less bitching to be done in the world. Win.

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                                        John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                                        How do you expect us to act

                                        Try to improve the situation. This thread is about a VS plugin that can improve the situation. Instead of bitching, and joking about all the places MS sucks, do something about it. This VS plugin is a small step in the right direction. Install it. Let it send hangs to MS. VS improves, and there's just a little less bitching to be done in the world. Win.

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                                        Judah Himango wrote:

                                        Let it send hangs to MS. VS improves

                                        I think you're assuming a bit too much, there.

                                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                        -----
                                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                          Funny, because VS 2008 had a HUGE problem with big files. Scrolling would come to a halt. Improvements were made in VS 2010[^]. I think if God gave you all an IDE, you'd find something to bitch about it and yearn for "the good ol' days" of Windows 3.1 Edit.exe :thumbsdown:

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                                          God doesn't exist, so we shouldn't expect anything from him any time soon. Edlin has a subtle syntax highlighting bug in it. Epic fail.

                                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                          -----
                                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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