May 25
10 reasons you’ll love Windows 7, part two: The Taskbar
The Windows taskbar was introduced with Windows 95 and has functioned as a launching application as well as a place to store and access minimized or hidden windows. But through all it’s following iterations it never really changed. Meanwhile other OS developers were introducing fancy new features like application docking and taskbar customization and Windows [...]
May 22
10 reasons you’ll love Windows 7, part one: It just works!
I’ve been using Windows 7, first in Beta and now in Release Candidate, since early March or so. And I am thorroughly impressed. I was never a Vista hater – and I think most Vista haters either never actually tried Vista or refused to accept that Vista and XP were not the same thing – [...]
Apr 28
In rewrite mode: New version of my book on the way!
Since Amazon.com was kind enough to list my book months before it’s done and I’ve been Tweeting about it for weeks there really is no reason to pretend it’s a secret any more: I am currently in the process of revising my book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web in 24 Hours 3 for the [...]
Mar 18
Introducing Expression Web SuperPreview – Cross-browser testing at your fingertips
About a year ago I got an email from my friend Anna Ullrich from the Microsoft Expression team. She wanted to know if I’d be interested in providing some feedback on a new, exciting and super secret application they were developing for the next release of Expression Web. Being obsessively curious I couldn’t turn that [...]
Feb 02
Windows 7 Beta Report Part 1: Bugs
I had Windows 7 installed on my trusted Vaio SR140D laptop a couple of weekends ago and have been running it on a near constant basis since. Now after 3 weeks or so I have compiled a list of bugs and bonuses that should be helpful to the development team as well as users who [...]
