I came across a great free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 called SonicFileFinder. The premise is simple, hit a hotkey and a popup (or tool window if you prefer) displays all the files in your project. Type the name, hit enter and the file comes up in the editor. The interface is clean and overall works a lot better than the other add-in I had been using for this. The only thing missing is a class browser, but I rarely use that since my filenames reflect the classes contained in them.
I’m going to be compiling my list of favorite development tools and add-ins in the near future so check back for that.
Initial reviews of software can tend to be skewed by good first impressions and that was definitely the case with me and Enso by Humanized.
After exhausting my trial period, I couldn’t justify paying for it. The interface is spectacular but sometimes laggy. The functionality is solid, but limited. Overall, I just didn’t find myself using it very often. The finger gymnastics required to execute some of the commands weren’t worth the effort.
So, in short, excellent user interface, excellent marketing, frustrating input interface, limited ability to customize, and bad price. I’ll definitely keep an eye on Enso though. They’re close, but not quite there yet.
The NFL decided to back off churches a little bit after a recent kerfuffle over church-sponsored [Grand Vessel] parties. That’s nice to see, but it shouldn’t have even been an issue in the first place.
I just downloaded it and haven’t given it a try yet, but based on the training video, Refactor! for ASP.NET by Developer Express looks awesome. Best of all, it’s free! Brian Goldfarb has a good overview of the features as well.
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News from CNNSI.com today about the NFL’s ridiculous policy restricting public viewings of the “big game” this Sunday (I would call the game by its name, but I don’t want a cease and desist letter from the NFL. Herein, let’s call it the “Grand Vessel”). Get a load of this:
NFL officials spotted a promotion of Fall Creek Baptist Church’s “[Grand Vessel] Bash” on the church Web site last week and overnighted a letter to the pastor demanding the party be canceled, the church said.
Initially, the league objected to the church’s plan to charge a fee to attend and that the church used the license-protected words “[Grand Vessel]” in its promotions.
Pastor John D. Newland said he told the NFL his church would not charge anyone and that it would drop the use of the forbidden words.
But the NFL objected to the church’s plans to use a projector to show the game, saying the law limits it to one TV no bigger than 55 inches.
The church will likely abandon its plans to host a [Grand Vessel] party.
So, you’re telling me that if I have a 100″ projection screen in my house and have some people over, I’m breaking the law?!? I love sports. I hate sports leagues. Just yesterday I wrote on my other blog about how pro sports leagues just don’t seem to actually care about the fans. If this isn’t more proof of that, I don’t know what is.
The only good thing about this story is that inspired me to create a new category for posts.
