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June 2009 - Posts

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Making Blenders for the Blind is Like Making Software for Normal People
Brad Abrams recently posted tips he has for someone interviewing for a Program Manager position at Microsoft . In his post he references different questions and situations he likes to put candidates through. One section titled Design and Bahh Questions Read More...
Testing E-Mail Functionality
One of the most common questions I see on ASP.NET forums relates to sending E-Mail. I have addressed many of those issues already, so I wont get into how to send E-Mail from an ASP.NET web site. This week I have been working on testing applications and Read More...
Making a Sharp Dressed Web Form – Thin ASP.NET 8
The past few months I have been trying to learn more about user experience and design patterns. This has led me to learn more about how to use the tools available to me to provide better user experiences, namely CSS and JQuery. I have been writing quite Read More...
Blocking Unwanted Web Sites to Improve You Life
Back in March I posted a quick announcement about the release of Internet Explorer 8 and a common problem I was having at the time. I think I finally determined what the issue was, and it was not really Internet Explorer 8, but rather sites that were Read More...
Displaying a Confirmation Dialog with the JQuery UI Dialog
Often users are required to ‘read’ or ‘acknowledge’ a terms of use, license agreement or some other form of legal disclaimer before they can either use the software, web site or tool online. Microsoft does it all over the place as a CYA measure when we Read More...
Control TextBox’s AutoComplete Action
Today I was working on a Web Form and noticed a property in the TextBox control called AutoCompleteType . I had never noticed it before and my interest was piqued. My first thought was it must be an injected property from an AutoComplete extender on the Read More...