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This news is all over the place but I know it will be of interest to Nebula colleagues: From Microsoft:
"We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously. Microsoft recently published a set of Interoperability Principles. Thinking about IE8’s behavior with these principles in mind, interpreting web content in the most standards compliant way possible is a better thing to do."
– IEBlog (Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer)

There is a lot of debate about whether Microsoft has seen the light, whether they’re finally listening to web developers, or whether they’re just responding to their recent legal loss in the EU. I’m not interested in debating motivations, that’s happening in lots of blogs and forums. I’m just passing on the info.

In my last blog entry I mentioned a couple tools I use for tracking time. Today a forum posting mentioned the difficulty of doing accurate project estimates. I’ve made mistakes on both sides of the estimation game, and documented a couple of them here. I’ve been doing this for years but I confess I still need to work on some of these points.

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Whether using Windows, Linux, or Mac, we all tend to customize our desktop and use our favorite tools. Have you ever been curious about what other people use? Ever wonder what life saver you’re missing that someone else uses daily? Well, here are a few tools that I use every day.

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Almost two years ago I wrote a blog entry titled "Why mv.NET?" But every couple of days we still see the same question phrased differently: "How do I connect to/from MV?" My immediate response is still to include mv.NET in your list of options. Here is an explanation why.

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I found a couple articles regarding performance and scalability for ASP.NET, and ASP.NET with AJAX. I think these are a good read for anyone doing development with these tools.

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For developers who use ASP.NET, DesignBais, and other tools, it’s important to design the look and feel of a website before too much front-end work is done.

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I haven’t written many blog entries lately. I keep saving up material that I think would be interesting but somehow I never get to publishing it. Right now I’m looking at about 25 unpublished blog drafts, most of which will never get published. This is just an FYI that I intend to start publishing on a fairly regular basis. Rather than full articles I will post mostly one-of little bits of insight that I think will help people with their development. Please let me know if you prefer frequent tidbits or less frequent indepth explanations and commentary. I’m sure I’ll sprinkle in some of those now and then too.

I just finished setting up the latest mv.NET v3.5.1.2 and used the Data Manager to create simultaneous connections to multiple MV environments. I dunno if other people get as much of a kick out of this as I do but just the ability to do this tickles me.

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On another blog I read which focuses on Excel, the author is wondering whether he should keep the Archives sidebar (to the right) with the list of links by Month/Year. I’m wondering about that too.

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The first note I wrote on this topic was back in May of 2006. A recent forum inquiry asked about the merits of VMware to host MV DBMS software. I thought I’d take the opportunity to post a follow-up to the original posting with an update of how I’m using virtualization today.

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