Also, IIRC, and I think I do, you can't do Sharepoint work with VS2010 - because of dotnet 4, so you are forced to use 2008.
Mike On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Nick Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh the sheltered life you live. Break out of the MS bubble for a while and > watch what happens in the real world. Even some dev shops are stuck on > VS2008 in the same way as some enterprises are on WinXP.**** > > ** ** > > <rant> If you do anything related to the old Windows Mobile platform, for > example, you have to use VS2008 – and no, there are some cases where we > can’t just build a Windows Phone version. Microsoft officially screwed us > when killing Windows Mobile as there is no alternative for line of business > applications that require peripherals and/or ruggedized devices L </rant>* > *** > > ** ** > > *Nick Randolph** *| *Built to Roam Pty Ltd* | Microsoft MVP – Windows > Phone Development | +61 412 413 425 | @btroam > The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not > the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this > email in any way. Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity 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.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Kean > *Sent:* Friday, 24 February 2012 3:58 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: New look of Visual Studio, what are your thoughts?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks for the feedback. On the three different versions things, why are > you using three? What you building that still requires 2005/2008?**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:35 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: New look of Visual Studio, what are your thoughts?**** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:15 PM, David Kean <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We showed off the new look today: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/ > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > I agree, somewhat, about the colour, but feel you've gone too far towards > monochrome. And if you make me learn a new set of damned icons, I won't > use the bloody thing. This is one thing I wish Microsoft would stop > tinkering with. Icons, menu layouts, dialog layouts. Some of us don't > move on completely from one version to another, but use 3 different > versions of VS. Do you have any idea how painful this is? > > [image: Description: Pictographic icons from VS 2010 on the top row with > the equivalent VS 11 glyphs on the bottom row] **** > > ** ** > > Take the comment/uncomment icons. WTF are they meant to represent?**** > > ** ** > > </rant>**** > > ** ** > > > > -- > Meski > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills**** > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
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