Like several others here, I have dual monitors...well, technically, I use a laptop and an external monitor in "Extended Desktop" mode. But works the same way. Anyway, I like to have code on one screen and my browser in the other. Also, a lot of the web apps my unit develops go to parallel sites we created - one for one audience in our company, the other for a different audience - so when we need to basically have a copy of a specific page on both sites, it helps when copying the code over to have an instance of VS on each screen so there's no frantic Alt-Tabbing involved.

========================= ~Events occur in real time~

I personally think using a colon is preferable, but if it's not allowed, at the very least I think a good way to delineate the title from the label is to Bold the title and leave the label normal. At least then, you have clear separation.

========================= ~Events occur in real time~

RichardGrimmer wrote:

See, the problem is that whatever people say, regardless of the advertising, regardless of the "fluff"....Google returns the best results

And see, this is exactly why I will still fight in arguments against Microsoft, not as a mindless "DOWN WITH THE MAN!" argument, but because of this very issue. I'm not a big fan of monopolies, but I'll recognize if a monopoly has a good reason, like Google. Google is so big because frankly, they're the best. The opinion that they are the best is widely held, so when people think of searching, they mostly will go to Google because they either feel or have heard, that it will be the best tool for the job. Microsoft, however, is so big because a long time ago, they were the best, and because the higher-ups are (for the most part) very very business-savvy. That's my issue with them. They are a technology company, but really, the products they release are not their forte. They are a very good *business*. They managed to get in bed with enough manufacturers that basically, Average Joe can't get a computer without Windows, IE, Works/Office, whatever. They have taken the idea of an operating system and corrupted it. And because most non-tech-geek people are too lazy to fight back against that, they just go with the flow. Then, the software companies don't bother to port their software to any other operating system, so even those of us who would prefer something non-MS, if we want to do anything more than the absolute basics, we either have to write it ourselves or go digging for someone who wrote it and hope it does what we want. OK, OK, so I'm getting worked up, and I should calm down. But my overall point here is that if MS was tops because their products were the best, I wouldn't rail against them. But instead, they're tops because early on they hooked the masses and then deftly squashed any competition. And like a tick, they settled in for a nice long parasitical drink. All I can hope is that one day, enough people will get disgusted with them, their products (at least Vista helped there) and their business practices (their failed bid to buy out Yahoo!, thank God), that they'll FINALLY be willing to break out of the "Because it was already there, and I don't want to take the time to learn anything new" mentality and actually put some BRAINPOWER into their computer decisions, and MS will have to actually *gasp* INNOVATE something! Either that or tank trying. ::prepares to dodge flames:: <

I concur about the Help issue mentioned above. This goes not only for Visual Studio but really ANY Microsoft product, even down to Windows itself (such as using Windows Explorer). Try accidentally hitting F1 while navigating Explorer and then enjoy the minute and a half or more of waiting for 'Help' to show up so you can close it. Why not make some sort of universal "OOPS!" key (maybe put it next to the elusive "Any" key) that means you REALIZE you goofed up and fat-fingered a command you typed or clicked the wrong button or accidentally hit an F key and would cancel it? Surely it can't be that terribly hard, now can it? And while we're ranting about the so-called 'Help', how ridiulous is the standard MS Help you get if you hit F1 just in Windows? Or in any Properties for Hardware, hitting the Troubleshoot... button? You get basically as much help as any standard helpless desk phone call..actually, you get less because it walks you through precisely the easiest steps that you PROBABLY already took, hence why you wanted to troubleshoot it. Then when you FINALLY convince it you're not a n00b and get past the obvious, it just tells you to contact Microsoft for more help. I say it should be just as important as getting better-responsive apps (which I do agree with) to put some resources toward a truly helpful Help!

========================= ~Events occur in real time~