Re: OT: Robo Vacs

Xiaomi Roborock s50. Does great job on carpet. Mopping is okay, but pain to setup, and you have to stop the thing running back to home if home is over the carpet. Mapping is generally good, but probably stuffs up every month or two. I just wipe the map and let it generate its own again, but tha

What dotnet magazines do you read?

What dotnet magazines do you read? Feeds, websites, printed on trees stuff ?

RE: Marshalling strings

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xda6xzx7.aspx From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 24 October 2017 4:50 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Marshalling strings This article: https://limbioliong.wordpress.com/2011/0

RE: Marshalling strings

Can you change the function signature to allow you alloc and pass the buffer to the function… then management is all yours. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Tuesday, 24 October 2017 4:15 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Marshallin

RE: [OT] NBN and phone

Probably crap cable or connector. Here I grabbed one pair out of the 4 pair cable I run between floors, and then spliced that back into the old telephone line. Have you got a cable tester ? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent:

RE: XML files served by Azure Websites

x SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com<http://www.sqldownunder.com> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>> on behalf of Bill McCarthy mailto:bill.mccarthy.li...@live.c

RE: XML files served by Azure Websites

...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>> on behalf of Bill McCarthy mailto:bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au>> Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 3:05:00 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: XML files served by Azure Websites Thought it was the

RE: XML files served by Azure Websites

2017 at 13:41 Bill McCarthy mailto:bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au>> wrote: The file itself is utf-8, or unicode due to special characters in it, eg Lòpez So problem is not with the file. No, a UTF-8 stream is defined as such by a byte order marker at the start of the stream. You can have

RE: XML files served by Azure Websites

The file itself is utf-8, or unicode due to special characters in it, eg Lòpez So problem is not with the file. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Low (??) Sent: Wednesday, 1 March 2017 2:12 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: XML files serv

RE: resources.dll not found

Fuslogvw no help ? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Monday, 27 February 2017 2:18 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: resources.dll not found Folks, pardon me for putting a Xamarin question into the general .NET group, but maybe ther

RE: Coffee snobs

11:01 AM To: ozDotNet<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: Coffee snobs Are these things IoT enabled? -- *GK* On 8 April 2016 at 10:56, Bill McCarthy wrote: > When my delonghi broke down(leaking water), I started looking at > alternative machines. Most of the cheap machines will ma

RE: Coffee snobs

tps://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Greg Low (罗格雷格博士)<mailto:g...@greglow.com> Sent: Friday, 8 April 2016 11:06 AM To: Bill McCarthy<mailto:bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au>; ozDotNet<mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: RE: Coffee snobs Yep, the DeLonghi h

RE: Coffee snobs

When my delonghi broke down(leaking water), I started looking at alternative machines. Most of the cheap machines will make a good short single shot. But I like long flat white (occasionally a long macchiato) , so it gets hard to find a machine that will do that consistently sub $2k. I use to h

RE: static interop dll loading issue

Fuslogvw ??? Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Preet Sangha Sent: Thursday, 25 February 2016 12:05 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: static interop dll loading issue Thanks Davy. .net 4 wor

RE: Interview question pseudocode (was RE: [OT] Internal Developer Training)

Returning from the finally block should not be allowed, as the finally block is meant to always be executed (eventually) so a return in there could be preceded by an earlier return ,yet the finally return is meant to still execute: at best an unstable stack, but generally Not allowed From: Mark

RE: vb.net

th new technology On 13 October 2015 at 13:53, Bill McCarthy wrote:   Although there’s lots of c ‘style’ languages, the devil is always in the details/differences. I find it hard to switch between c# and js and not forget/mess up. With vb.net and js not so much a problem.   The same use to be

RE: vb.net

ecome better programmers. Plus, you can do projects after hours in whatever language you want :) Cheers Dave On 13 October 2015 at 13:33, Bill McCarthy wrote:     This usually a great rant starter for a Friday conversation. Realistically though Vb.net is much a muchness with c# on .net. Definitel

RE: vb.net

Tom said ‘vb.net’. From: Nelson Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 2015 1:35 PM To: Bill McCarthy Cc: Nelson;ozDotNet Subject: Re: vb.net things that are old enough to still be running vb? and i have a feeling people who still stick to vb are fairly stubborn. i know im stereotyping here sorry if

RE: vb.net

This usually a great rant starter for a Friday conversation. Realistically though Vb.net is much a muchness with c# on .net. Definitely the best language if doing integrated xml. With late binding stuff it has some advantages with better conversions, but also disadvantages such as wider scope.

RE: vb.net

Really ? What ‘legacy’ things are you referring to ? From: Nelson Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 2015 12:52 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: vb.net Personally i would turn down such offer - actually wouldnt even be applying in the first place. pretty good market out there with JS and C# .NET, try l

Re: Windows Mobile Development on Windows 8

n hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 26 June 2015 at 12:24, Bill McCarthy wrote: Sorry, I was thinking wp. For wm, it may still be an emulator problem but that’d be virtual pc (possibly). You did install

Re: Windows Mobile Development on Windows 8

ot;If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 26 June 2015 at 11:26, Bill McCarthy wrote: Does your new machine have Hyper-v installed and working? Sent from Surface From: David Ric

Re: Windows Mobile Development on Windows 8

Does your new machine have Hyper-v installed and working? Sent from Surface From: David Richards Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎26‎ ‎June‎ ‎2015 ‎11‎:‎03‎ ‎AM To: ozDotNet That's our fallback option. Although we use VMWare. I'm hoping it doesn't come to that but it's not looking good so far.

Re: Windows Mobile Development on Windows 8

Hyper-v ?? Sent from Surface From: David Richards Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎26‎ ‎June‎ ‎2015 ‎8‎:‎18‎ ‎AM To: ozDotNet Stephen, Interesting idea. But I did use the exact same install files I normally use on windows 7. I keep them handy on our file server. My suspicion is the instal

RE: Windows on a Mac Pro

: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Windows on a Mac Pro | |http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+run+windows+on+a+mac+pro | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2014 5:12 PM |To: 'ozD

RE: OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

, Bill McCarthy | wrote: | | | Hi, | | Any of you guys run windows on a mac pro? What is needed ? Any issues |? | | Thanks | | |

OT: Windows on a Mac Pro

Hi, Any of you guys run windows on a mac pro? What is needed ? Any issues ? Thanks

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

d "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 4 September 2013 13:53, Bill McCarthy wrote: Here's a good read from today : http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/computers/blogs/gadgets-o

RE: [OT] NBN revisited

Here’s a good read from today : http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/computers/blogs/gadgets-on-the-go/turnbulls-fragmented-nbn-dooms-australia-to-repeat-the-mistakes-of-the-past-20130904-2t4cr.html Hopefully that will help some folks see past the one tree and start looking at the forest.

RE: Silverlight on Windows 8

, 28 August 2013 11:43 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: Silverlight on Windows 8 | |Yep. Supports flash but not Silverlight. | |On 28 Aug 2013 11:40, "Bill McCarthy" wrote: | | | I thought it does support flash | | |-Original Message- | |From: ozdotnet-boun...@oz

RE: Silverlight on Windows 8

I thought it does support flash |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price |Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 11:31 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Silverlight on Windows 8 | |Greg, |Windows 8 IE browser (the fu

RE: Lightweight database

Yep, but with XML the new app will read the old data without a problem (unless there has been field delete's or renaming). With the binary, there's a bit more to the coding (and testing) of the layout. That said, if you write the version number in the data file's header, you can switch out to a c

RE: Lightweight database

I think one of the first design parameters you need is how much data. If the amount of data is small, then you can get away with xml. If it starts slowing down you need to move to a different format such as a custom binary. XML - quick to code, easy, the customer can own their own data and work i

RE: Is Surface really failing? (tangent # 99)

I'm using Outlook 2010 alongside Office 2013: would love the new Outlook 2013 features, but there's too many issues in the upgrade. (1) Can't have pop mail deliver to an .OST. Sure I could do that server side, but then I get ALL my mail in the one account on my phone ;) Why this was taken awa

RE: Is Surface really failing?

RE: | |But here's another test: Everyone says that to open a program, you just hit the |Windows key and start typing, but what exactly do you do whenever you don't |know the name of the program? I have this situation often as I have a very large |number of apps that I use occasionally. Often I've p

RE: Is Surface really failing?

4. Better perf 5. Quicker startup 6. Really like the new TaskManager 7. Settings in the cloud I think there's a lot of solid foundation to like, BUT, the windows RT bits still feel glued on, not integrated: it is very much like a first release. I'm hoping for some nice incremental improvements.

RE: Is Surface really failing?

I've been using windows 8 since the RTM bits became available: it has grown on me, but honestly I still rarely ever use the start screen tiles. That's mainly because I use predominantly desktop apps, combined with relative poor quality metro apps for the day to day tasks. For example: (1) mail:

RE: Is Surface really failing?

Just curious, have you compared market saturation to that of gaming devices, such as Xbox back when it first released? Sent from my Windows Phone From: mike smith Sent: ‎9/‎05/‎2013 1:24 AM To: ozDotNet Subj

RE: does anyone know a good technique to keep track of your braces in C#?

Text Editor Options for indenting, new line rules etc. Brace completion is Productivity Power Tools options. |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss |Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2013 3:20 PM |To: ozDotNet

RE: does anyone know a good technique to keep track of your braces in C#?

_ | |Ian Thomas | |Victoria Park, Western Australia | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:45 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: does anyone know a good technique to

RE: does anyone know a good technique to keep track of your braces in C#?

Hi Katherine, C# does not have the power of C++. C# is a managed language: it has basically the same "power" as VB (.NET). What C# shares with C++ is it is a "C" style language: that is a lot of the styling and grammar are similar. And C in the old days was renowned for obfuscated code competiti

RE: does anyone know a good technique to keep track of your braces in C#?

If looking for a programing language that is more suited to a text reader, then I'd suggest VB, where blocks are more self descriptive, eg: If ... Then ... Else .. End If. |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ben Sc

RE: [OT] Office 2010 and windows 8 possible or what will work?

Just completed adding the finishing touches to a clean install of Win8. I installed only Outlook 2010 from Office 2010, then installed Office 2013. Outlook 2013 has bugs in it that prevent my contacts list synchronising properly and I can't stand the limited colour schemes, so it's Outlook 2010 for

RE: [OT] God Mode for Windows 8

Hi Katherine, Have you tried windows 8? Sent from my Windows Phone From: Katherine Moss Sent: 25/11/2012 6:42 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] God Mode for Windows 8 Not really LOL. Just sounds like a bunch of numbers as any human being would read them. From:

RE: [OT] Really bad Telstra phone reception

lto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] |On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Monday, 17 September 2012 1:16 PM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: [OT] Really bad Telstra phone reception | |See if this applies: | |http://www.telstra.com.au/business-enterprise/help-support/announcements/ | | |

RE: [OT] Really bad Telstra phone reception

See if this applies: http://www.telstra.com.au/business-enterprise/help-support/announcements/ |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright |Sent: Monday, 17 September 2012 12:55 PM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: [

RE: LINQ question

Wouldn't a simple Join do what you want ? |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Arjang Assadi |Sent: Friday, 27 July 2012 11:08 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: LINQ question | |I have a question similar to Greg's, but

RE: no more Macros for VS2012!

You can vote on it on uservoice : http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2650757-bring-back-macros Also note you can still extend the IDE and write add-ins: it's not a RAD as macros though and there's no macro recording. So not as easy to write them or discover

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

ou bought a phone that seems "new" doesn't mean it is, nor does |the maker of the OS or the hardware have to do anything for you apart from |validate the warranty. | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

se I have seen - I (for one) appreciate it. You |have described what I suspected were the technical problems behind the |decisions on WP8's new start in the smartphone business. | |Bill McCarthy obviously (imo) has some valid arguments about the evolution of |WP since mid-2011 Mango timeframe,

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

insurance.html | | |Nice little bit about the "Excluding Apple" scenario. Bet the iFanBoys aren't crying |about it. | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2012 11:05 AM |

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

ate was somehow successful, how many people was |that end user tell and phrase Microsoft to? Your answer is 1-2. But you are still |going to whinge about losing your Plants vs Zombie game saves! | |Now you've got a commercial issue which is really a cluster f**k of a decision and |I've got

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

n on here on |this list or go and do something about it? | |Still can't believe Scott dragged my face into this. That's just low. ;) | |On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Bill McCarthy | wrote: |> Hi Stephen, |> |> Yes phones will be out of date, the question is whether it is months |&g

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

> what you not happy to basically call me  a liar on the list? |> |> you want meet face to face now... what to have a fight? |> |> over a telephone??? |> |> I am not the one who has the problem bill, i am fine thanks |> |> |> On 27 June 2012 15:03, Bill McCarthy wrote:

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

Hi David Thiessen, |so... no not after the fact, as much as your ego would like to think it is | |seriously, get over it, you act like a child who's mummy will not buy him a lollie in |the supermarket | |yeah and you can't read, thats what i said i assumed | |you need to get over your self ma

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

ok them the wrong way but |it was not ment to upset you or anyone else | | | |On 27 June 2012 09:06, Bill McCarthy wrote: |> I think this is pretty much said already (i.e starting to feel like |> dead donkey), |> |> |Well if you read my original comments I never claimed anything bu

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

ea-4347-4482-add2-1a2f7ef4939a |> | |> |windows weekly podcast / winsupersite, as i said before |> | |> |talking to people on twitter |> | |> |etc, |> | |> |the net is a big place |> | |> |I said rumors on blogs...  not major review sites |> | |> |but i don't

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

ile online, I was thinking the |arguments for not being upgradable sounded more like it | | | | |On 26 June 2012 11:38, Bill McCarthy wrote: |> That wasn't a contest either. I seriously asked you to cite some |> references as I aren't seeing any. When I google searched the top |> lis

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

That wasn't a contest either. I seriously asked you to cite some references as I aren't seeing any. When I google searched the top listed sites at best could say there were big changes coming but none that suggested the latest phones wouldn't upgrade. I don't recall seeing any phone reviews that in

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

Like I said, I do read technology news/blogs/ mags a bit and never saw any mention of it not being upgradable. I did also google and set the time frame back to pre April and also didn't see any major trend or sites saying it wouldn't be upgradable. Take your time and pick your best top 5 sources f

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

012 at 12:07 PM, Bill McCarthy | wrote: | | | Hey Nick, | | I guess this must be a bit like first timers compared to old timers. For the | new inmates the shower experience is going to leave them screaming for |a | while but for the inmates who've been in for a while it&

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced | | | | | |On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | |To change tack a little, what in your opinion would be the top issues that have led |to the relatively poor uptake of Windows Phone over the last three years ? | | | | | |I think lack o

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

t.com] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:50 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced | | | | | |On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | |To change tack a little, what in your opinion would be the top issues that have led |to the relative

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

.@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:50 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced | | | |On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | | | To change tack a little, what in your opinion would be the top issues that |have l

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

y not reflect the views or opinions of Built |to Roam Pty Ltd. | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:11 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announc

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

Supported. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br205756.aspx |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 11:04 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windo

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

al Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:54 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |I thought Windows RT only allowed WinRT apps with the exception of t

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

. | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:41 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |I'd like to think those discussions were had in pri

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

om: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:29 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | | | |Yeh yeh, I know "suck it up princess" ;) | | | |The issue is out in the public,

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

y of any emails or |attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not |reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. | | | | -Original Message- | From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf O

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

opinions of Built |to Roam Pty Ltd. | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 10:14 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced | |My Friday venting: |http://msm

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

My Friday venting: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bill/archive/2012/06/22/why-isn-t-windows-phone-8-an-update-for-nokia-lumia-s.aspx

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

: Windows Phone 8 announced | | | |On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | ||America seems to have more carrier locked and subsidised phones. Now ||we can buy them like that here, but it seems to work out better buying ||the phone separate from carrier. | |Really ? What price is the

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

being $58.00 |share). | | |--- |Regards, |Scott Barnes |http://www.riagenic.com | | | |On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:58 PM, mike smith wrote: | | | On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Bill McCarthy | wrote: | | | |America seems to have more carrier locked and subsidised |phones. Now we can

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

al Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 3:59 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced | |On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | | | |America seems to have mo

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

er device sometime in the |future is coming out? | | | -Original Message- | From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy | Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:48 PM | To: 'ozD

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

carrier locked and subsidised phones. Now we can |buy them like that here, but it seems to work out better buying the phone |separate from carrier. | | | | | -Original Message- | From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:44 PM, David Kean |wrote: | |I don't why the unhappiness, clearly you were happy with the device when you |bought it, why do you care that a newer device sometime in the future is coming |out? | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

, but it seems to work out better buying the phone |separate from carrier. | | | | -Original Message- | From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy | Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:03 PM | To: 'o

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

future ||is |coming ||out? || ||-Original Message- ||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- ||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy ||Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:48 PM ||To: 'ozDotNet' ||Subject: RE: Windows Phone 8 announced || ||Now I'm really gru

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

iews or opinions |expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built |to Roam Pty Ltd. | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 2:03 PM |To

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

ss, clearly you were happy with the device when you |bought it, why do you care that a newer device sometime in the future is coming |out? | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Wednesday, June

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

; resolution) then there's not really any point worrying about |jumping it at the wrong time. |Also, it's not out yet. We've still got a few months of having 'current' gear. | | |On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Bill McCarthy | wrote: | | | It sucks. Was finally

RE: Windows Phone 8 announced

t.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price |Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:13 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Windows Phone 8 announced | |Your technology is out of date before you bought it. | |I'm more stunned that Scott likes it than the announcements themselves. :p | |On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:4

RE: Win8 Release Preview (addendum)

Wasn't that many years ago I had 3.1 running of a USB on my tablet PC. Managed to play solitaire on it ;) But I missed Norton's desktop. Sadly last time I tried the USB stick it didn't boot to it properly. But yes it was a fast boot |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.c

RE: Win8 Release Preview

Dang, I meant left ;) |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012 10:51 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: Win8 Release Preview | ||the only plausible explanation I can t

RE: Win8 Release Preview

The search "charm" is kind of good once you get use to its quirks. It's lacking wildcards though, and most importantly it's missing a search all, or search apps, settings, and documents. The biggest issue I have with it (apart from lack of discoverability and quirky keyboard behaviour etc etc) is

RE: Win8 Release Preview

cott Barnes |http://www.riagenic.com | | | |On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | | | The start button should be on the desktop taskbar. There is absolutely no | benefit in removing it. They've definitely got that part wrong. | | The start screen i

RE: Win8 Release Preview

m [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors |Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012 9:50 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Win8 Release Preview | |On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | | | By hybrid I mean allow metro apps to run in sizeable windows, allow new |

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|Full screen apps are a sudden paradigm change. I mean ... I am running MSN |Messenger at 2560 x 1440 and I can fit about 15 messages on the screen. And I |have to keep switching back and forth between work and GigantorMessenger to |see what has most recently been said. WTH. I think full screen i

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In today's age : http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/windows-phone-to-surpass-ios-b y-2016-analyst-20120608-1zzpl.html I recontracted when the Lumia 800 came out and it addressed the embarrassing parts of my previous WP (HTC Mozart). The screen is fantastic outside, and the signa

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of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions |expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built |to Roam Pty Ltd. | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCart

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nions of Built |to Roam Pty Ltd. | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 4:28 PM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: win 8 challenge (was RE: Win8 Release Preview) | |Ope

win 8 challenge (was RE: Win8 Release Preview)

Open "people" on win 8, then search for a non-existing name , eg ## or ** or something so as the search results come up empty. Now using only keyboard and mouse get back to displaying the entire list without having to enter in a valid search first (that is navigate back to the people list). Pos

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et | Subject: Re: Win8 Release Preview | | | | On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Bill McCarthy | wrote: | | IMO, windows 8 is close, but it could be a lot better. I love the windows | phone like UI **concept**, and I love the idea of the similarities between | the

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LOL. Bucket and sand. |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Craig van Nieuwkerk |Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 11:17 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Win8 Release Preview | | | |On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Bill

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. The views or opinions |expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built |to Roam Pty Ltd. | | |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 11

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ndows Phone I have never seem a popup |dialog. And on my iPad popup alerts are pretty simple to click. | | |On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | | | Well worse. Popups area lot more keyboard/mouse friendly than having |to | horizontally scroll | |

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: Win8 Release Preview | |Exactly. It hasn't fixed the problem of manual navigation, just changed it. But in |the process made it more tablet/phone friendly. | | |On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Bill McCarthy |wrote: | | | And that as said previously is the same in windows 7. So the n

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0 • |http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat <http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat> | | | | From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors | Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 9:41 AM | To: ozDotNet | Subject: Re: Win8 Release Preview | | |

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