The other day, my wife explained that she has been telling her team to use IE6, since IE7 breaks her ASP.NET application. She has been keeping this a secret from me, since obviously it is a grave violation of trust between mates. She came to me only because IT is forcing upgrade of IE7 on […]
I whipped up a quick tool to allow Firefox to integrate with Vista’s Common RSS Feed List. You can download and install it here.
After installing, you need to select “Tools | Options” in Firefox, then click the “Subscribe … using” radio button, the “Choose Application” button.
Browse to C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Common Feed List\Common Feed List.exe. After selecting […]
CNET recently wrote a review of Vista, where they complained that “IE7 RSS feeds get preferential treatment”. They say:
“… there’s a Gadget for subscribed RSS feeds. We downloaded and installed Firefox 2, made Firefox our default browser, and quickly set up a few RSS feed subscriptions. Guess what? The Windows Vista Gadget was unresponsive to […]
Two cool articles on Ajaxian today. One discussing ways that JSON is replacing XML as data transport for some web scenarios, and another showing how XML Data Islands can let you grab XML without needing to explicitly parse with MSXML.
If you’re using the code sample for launching a low integrity process in the protected mode for Internet Explorer whitepaper, you may be getting an error that complains about RtlLengthSid. We’re working to update the code sample. In the meantime, look at the code below. You’ll have to add all of your own error checking, […]