![]() Since Internet Explorer is the scourge of the Interwebs that will never go away, it helps to be able to test your site in multiple versions of IE, and since only one version can be installed at a time (and since IE8 Compatibility Mode doesn’t really help at all), IETester is a good solution that lets you test IE5.5, IE6, IE7, and IE8 rendering engines in the same tabbed browser. (Not to mention Visual Studio, via AnkhSVN or VisualSVN) It rocks, and integrates exceptionally well with Windows Explorer. ![]() If you’ve been using Subversion for source control, I’m sure you’ve heard of this client. Gives you some useful information for a change (and something you can do with it) when you get the message “Cannot delete : It is being used by another person or program.” I agree with Ian, this program is excellent. ![]() It’s also worth noting that Safari and Chrome (well, anything rendered with Webkit, it seems) have an excellent set of development tools built-in that are very similar to the functionality of Firebug in Firefox, and even IE8 is catching up to the game with its Developer Tools window/pane. Firebug is available as an extension for Firefox, or as a bookmarklet for any other browser. Firebug is currently my most essential tool (besides Visual Studio, of course) to web development since it effortlessly debugs JavaScript and shows you the ins and outs of the DOM on any page you’re inspecting. If you have Firefox, but you haven’t tried this yet, install it now. I found a great list of “6 Free Tools that every Windows Programmer should Install” via a contact of mine on Twitter, which made me want to create my own list, similar to the tools listed in the link above, with a few additions and changes: Ma11 Tools Every ASP.NET Programmer Should Install Via Clipdiary is a clipboard manager for keeping the clipboard history. There are many cases in which you might want to review your clipboard contents. In most cases, that isn’t a problem, but have you ever needed the text you copied 30 minutes or an hour ago? Maybe your computer is acting up and the program you are using hasn’t saved the data, or maybe you copied some interesting information from a web page, but got distracted and forgot to paste it where you wanted? Or you may simply want to recall what you were doing on your computer a month or a year ago. But your data isn’t stored for a long time – when you turn off the computer or just copy another piece of information, the data is lost. The contents of the standard Windows clipboard change as you use it to copy and paste various types of information. My experience was that the nag started immediately, but your mileage may vary.I previously recommended PhraseExpress for similar clipboard management functionality, but I’ve since switched to Clipdiary (available free via or ) for a couple of reasons – first, that PhraseExpress would randomly lock up and prevent me from using my Enter key (weird, huh?), and second, because ClipDiary is super lightweight and does exactly what I want it to do. Why ban it? Why not just provide a caveat emptor? But clearly users like Ennovy have had good luck with this. The real issue for me is that the algorithm for detecting professional use is flawed for me. If PhraseExpress detects you are connected to what the author thinks is a professional network structure like Windows Server, or is used inside a "professional" application, delaying license nags start 30 days after detection.Īnd the author asserts "The professional use detection is internal and never collect or transmit personal information over the internet!" The author's very clear about the behaviour: Go to to confirm this. ![]() Midas, I don't think there's a substantive breach of trust or privacy.
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