archival - G.Winney 🖱

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Sep 27, 2019

Cannot remove System.Core.dll reference from a VS2010 project

Several years ago, a user on SO tried to add a reference to System.Core manually but couldn't. The "problem" was actually an intentional design choice, as explained by an MSFT employee in a Microsoft Connect post. Then MS killed off Connect instead of making it readonly, so here's a repost.

gui ux design archival

Sep 10, 2019

From text-driven s(hell) to mouse-driven marvel

For posterity, here's a nearly 25 year old article about how Merrill Lynch went from a gargantuan text-driven app to something that wasn't (as they put it) a "usability nightmare". It's an interesting read if you're in the field, and some of their design choices are still employed in desktop apps.

pcmag humor archival

Aug 19, 2019

A Wish List for the Modern PC

My goal one evening this weekend was to open the directory where Windows store apps are installed, so I could write a script to backup files. Never figured that one out, but I did end up spending a couple hours reading through old PC Mag issues from 40 years ago. The magic of the Internet, lol. 🤷‍♂️

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