Comments for Random Agile Thoughts http://vcsjones.com Warranty void. Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:41:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on 2013 ASP.NET MVP by Shyju http://vcsjones.com/2013/04/01/2013-asp-net-mvp/#comment-1908 Shyju Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:41:28 +0000 http://vcsjones.com/?p=492#comment-1908 Congratulations !

]]> Comment on Chrome 21 To Block Self Hosted Extensions? by Camilo Martin http://vcsjones.com/2012/07/05/chrome-21-to-block-self-hosted-extensions/#comment-1248 Camilo Martin Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:58:58 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-1248 There are three other problems here.

1) If I’m making a free extension for a very silly thing (like fixing a problem on a website) and want to distribute it for free, I really don’t want to pay – I mean, if it’s a small thing and it’s a simple user script I want to distribute for free.
2) Even if you still can host them yourself (and have a user pass trough the horrendous installation procedure), they won’t get synced. This is horrible. The user will have to do it all again for each update, and on each computer.
3) Google wants me to use their ridiculous Paypal clone? I don’t want that, I want to pay with goddamit Paypal. Setting up a Paypal is much easier than that Google Wallet crap. That is not the place or time to “promote” their ridiculous product.

]]> Comment on Chrome 21 To Block Self Hosted Extensions? by vcsjones http://vcsjones.com/2012/07/05/chrome-21-to-block-self-hosted-extensions/#comment-95 vcsjones Tue, 04 Sep 2012 02:02:57 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-95 Simon,

I’m aware that extensions are still technically free because you can drag-and-drop them onto the extension page, but I have a few problems with this. 1), it has a lousy user experience. Chome would now just download the CRX like any other file, and if you double clicked it.. it would download it again! This would severely complicate the installation process, and I am sure our customers would be calling our support line for this. 2) Yes, the fee is cheap. But why does there need to be a fee in the first place? It just seems a little.. off.. to force users to go through one channel now, and that one channel happens to not be free.

]]> Comment on Writing a Managed Internet Explorer Extension: Part 1 – Basics by Regrets: Managed Browser Helper Objects | Random Agile Thoughts http://vcsjones.com/2009/11/18/writing-a-managed-internet-explorer-extension-part-1-basics/#comment-94 Regrets: Managed Browser Helper Objects | Random Agile Thoughts Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:54:39 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/writing-a-managed-internet-explorer-extension-part-1-basics/#comment-94 [...] code, or managed code with classes marked as COM Visible. A long time ago, I wrote a post titled, Writing a Managed Internet Explorer Extension: Part 1 – Basics. The first question I posted to myself was “Managed vs. Native”. Ultimately I decided [...]

]]> Comment on Chrome 21 To Block Self Hosted Extensions? by Simon http://vcsjones.com/2012/07/05/chrome-21-to-block-self-hosted-extensions/#comment-56 Simon Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:13:22 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-56 I just found out something tonight that you don’t mention, perhaps it will be (welcome) news to you too!

You don’t have to pay $5 to develop Chrome extensions. (nor to use them)

They key is, you must now drag-drop them onto the Extensions page itself (chrome://chrome/extensions/) If you do this, you can still install any (crx) extension – I haven’t tried dropping any *.user.js files there yet.

I started an extension with Chrome, found this limitation after an update. Threw my hands up in the air and developed it for Opera. Was unsatisfied with the performance of the browser in general, so tonight I looked for ways around it – even being prepared to download the source-code for Chromium and compiling it myself, if need be.

Then I stumbled upon this gem of information.
(http://www.ghacks.net/2012/06/12/chrome-fix-extensions-apps-and-user-scripts-cannot-be-installed-from-this-web-site/)

I too thought it was a simple cash-grab, but after considering that there’s only some 6,000 chrome extensions in their store, EVEN IF each one was done by a separate developer they would only get about 30 grand from the exercise. I’m tending toward the point of view that it really is being done in an attempt to clean up the malicious crap that’s there.
(http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/19/chrome-fee/)

Also, I guess as something of a consolation – the $5 is just 20% of the corresponding fee for Android development and put in perspective, it’s really not more than 2 or 3 cans of coke – or 1/4 of a pack of cigarettes.
(But I still don’t like it either)

]]> Comment on Analyzing GC.Collect: Who Uses It? – Part 1 by Matthieu Penant (@MatthieuPenant) http://vcsjones.com/2012/07/12/analyzing-gc-collect-who-uses-it-part-1/#comment-16 Matthieu Penant (@MatthieuPenant) Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:54:34 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/?p=285#comment-16 If you have an interest in .Net Garbage collector, check this blog post about the new version of it in 4.5 : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2012/07/20/the-net-framework-4-5-includes-new-garbage-collector-enhancements-for-client-and-server-apps.aspx

]]> Comment on Chrome 21 To Block Self Hosted Extensions? by Paul http://vcsjones.com/2012/07/05/chrome-21-to-block-self-hosted-extensions/#comment-15 Paul Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:21:38 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-15 Pay the $5, you can then get google to host your apps if necessary . Cheap at half the price!
(That’s what I ended up doing)

]]> Comment on A .NET Developer’s Move to the Mac–Part 2: Apps by vcsjones http://vcsjones.com/2012/03/01/a-net-developers-move-to-the-macpart-2-apps/#comment-14 vcsjones Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:51:12 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-14 Chris, running SQL Server is not possible with OSX+Mono. As far as I know, SQL Server must run on Windows. If you are trying to connect to a SQL Server from Mono, that is possible using the SQLClient Mono Project: http://www.mono-project.com/SQLClient . That probably isn’t fully ready for production use, however.

]]> Comment on A .NET Developer’s Move to the Mac–Part 2: Apps by Chris http://vcsjones.com/2012/03/01/a-net-developers-move-to-the-macpart-2-apps/#comment-13 Chris Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:06:43 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/?p=230#comment-13 Your blog enlightened me today, since I’ve been searching for answers whether to use boot camp or not. I’ve also been searching about mono. But one question left for me is, would SQL Server work with Mono on using a pure mac environment? What is the database server do you use with Mono?

]]> Comment on A .NET Developer’s Move to the Mac by vcsjones http://vcsjones.com/2011/04/02/a-net-developers-move-to-the-mac/#comment-12 vcsjones Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:07:22 +0000 https://vcsjones.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/a-net-developers-move-to-the-mac/#comment-12 Peter,

For Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Sever you’d have to virtualize Windows using something like Parallels. Parallels does wonders for running a Windows installation on your Mac.

CygWin is a unix-like environment for Windows, but OSX IS a Unix environment, so it’s totally unnecessary. The Bash shell that comes with OSX is the same thing.

Apple hardware is nice, there is probably better for Windows. I do like the fact that if I have a problem, I can waltz in to an Apple Store and get it fixed in the same day. I bought a Thunderbolt Display from them, it had a tiny bit of a dust under the screen, so I took it back and walked out with a new one, no problem. I cracked an iPhone screen, walked out with a replacement same-day.

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