Not to forgo the coolness of this, but I have an app that uses Tabs (for years), and always remembers my locations (I have about 10+ of them). So yeah, whenever I open it, it picks up where last left off. Windows Explorer is, to put it simply, pathetic.

Based on the above, can I simply sum this up as: - TLDR: "Java sucks" - Long story: "Java sucks big time"

Not sure how you can run Server 2016/2019 on a laptop. I know too much about the idiots at MS -- but for now, I'm stuck on Windows 10 (the reason I'm not upgrading to Win11 is that it's even worse when it comes to updates)

One word: Powertoys -- they have Alt-Space for this (a few years ago I was using Launchy, it has the same functionality). Yeah, Microsoft is decades behind what people/developers really want. I should know -- if you look at github for a few important projects (WinUI, UWP, etc.) you'll see a lot of people asking for features, and MS either downright saying "we won't do that", or simply postponing it to infinity and beyond. Not to mention that you can't turn off Real-time protection (not for good anyway), and I haven't found a way to turn off that stupid Antimalware Service Executable. And if you're asking why -- for better compile times, of course.

Obviously :D But roughly 10 years ago, they made it their mission :D

I'm simple folk. I just swear at Microsoft for screwing with developers in the last 10+ years.

Hi Nick, 1. For screen recording, I recommend OBS Studio[^] -- it's free. 2. For editing, I shamelessly recommend my own software -- Cinematic Studio - trimming/editing is a bliss, and you can do some pretty slick text effects :D Best, John

He would probably ace politics...

I feel ya! Windows 10 is such a complete pile of crap! Whenever I can, I disable updates for 35 days. Most of the time, I manage to avoid updates altogether - but probably every 4 months or so, I do a bit of cursing, and then continue on with disabled updates :D

Just a few days ago, my Mavic Air 2 Combo Fly More Combo arrived. I only had time to do some small tests with it, but I am more than impressed. Highly recommended.

Depends what you're working on. For me, developing a UWP app, it's crashing every 1.5-2 hours at least (but it's not something new :D). One trick I use - every once in a while, when I end up with more than 30 open files, I close them all.

The thing a lot of people forget is that we are machines ourselves. We're (very complex) multi-celled organisms, that at some point got our "singularity" and became self-aware. At some point, that will happen to the very advanced AI, whether we like/believe it or not. And I have a feeling it's not going to be pretty.

Animation can mean a lot of things. Assuming she'd want transitions between consecutive photos/videos, I could add this one to the mix : Phot-Awe[^] (disclaimer: it's made by me). About GIMP - not sure if that would work for animations, but it's definitely an awesome free tool for editing photos - I've used it quite a bit myself.

totally worth it :D

Do you have another link, cause this doesn't work anymore? :(

Apparently, their latest and "greatest" (yeah, just kidding, Slack sucks big time) takes a bit less memory (roughly 350Mb). Still, it's pathetic - and for a messaging app, the only thing I love about it is the ability to scroll using PgUp/PgDn while in the "Message" editbox - which sadly, Skype doesn't have even now. Best, John

The (wpf) UI designer is definitely horrible. And wpf does have a steeeep learning curve (trust me, 'been there). The funny thing is, to fully appreciate it, you need to use it (and actually compare it to Winforms) - and while at the beginning, you'll curse a lot (I did :D), when you start to "get" it, you'll use it for any non-trivial UI. The more you'll delve into it, the more you'll love it (granted, you'll still hate the UI designer :D). Two easy examples: animations, pixel shaders (i.e., Effects). When you actually start understanding how layout works in wpf, you'll be able to create controls that can simply blow your mind (which would be really really hard to implement in Winforms)! Best, John P.S. If (just if :D) you want to learn WPF, I recommend "WPF 4.5 Unleashed" - a lot of things don't seem to make any sense in WPF, until explained. Again, been there :)

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Thanks :) One other issue I just remembered - sometimes, when lots (I mean, LOTS) of controls on a dialog/usercontrol, the VS2013 designer crashes a lot of times - so, editing the dialog/usercontrol is a huuge pain. I would have expected this to be solved later on (VS2017), but turns out this is not the case. Best, John

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Just my $.02: WinForms are really easy. And I mean, REALLY easy, I've enjoyed using them for years. The click for me, when going to WPF, is: 4K monitors. If your resolution is high-res (such as, for 4K), WinForms are taking a really big fall. About close to 2 years ago, I got a laptop with 4K resolution. At this point, things starting to go downfall. What you see in the VS designer, is not what you will see visually. Some of the controls you create will look incredibly messy. The AutoScaleMode : if you go with Font, it will look horrible. If you go with Dpi, sometimes it's decent, sometimes not - what I've found is that most of the time, as long as I keep the form/control under 1900x1080, it's ok; and as a side-note, never go with None. Now, add to that the Anchor property - which I used heavily to properly align controls. It seldom works on high resolution monitors. What you end up is pretty much "try to see if it works". And "if" it works, you need to then test at other resolutions. So, long story short, as monitors get higher and higher res, WinForms is losing ground. Now, onto WPF - really steep learning curve, but the results can be amazing. A lot of things will once again be "trial and error" at first, but once you get the hang of it, and if you have some pretty fancy UI in mind, WPF can definitely help you there. That, and Resharper :D Best, John

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The link is dead ([^]). Best, John

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