- Windows 7 Sticky Notes Keyboard Shortcuts
-
Posted by oVan on Wednesday, May 06, 2009 | PermaLink | 3 comments
Windows 7 has a new app called Sticky Notes that replaces the similar sidebar gadget. Finally an integrated way of putting lots of colored postit-notes on your desktop.
The bad news first: when you use Aero Peek to have a quick glance at your desktop, the sticky notes disappear (as will any other app of course). The sidebar or desktop gadget would’ve shown here… A workaround could be to pin the Sticky Notes app to your taskbar and use the Win+(Number) key combination to show and hide your notes.
The good news: even though it seems that you can only type plain text in your notes, in reality there are a lot of familiar keyboard shortcuts to bring your notes alive:
Control+L = left align
Control+E = center
Control+R = right align
Control+T = strikethrough
Control+U = underline
Control+I = italic
Control+B = boldCtrl+Shift+> = bigger font
Ctrl+Shift+< = smaller fontCtrl+Shift+L = bulleted list
Control+N = new note
Control+D = DELETE (without confirmation!)Control+A = select all
Control+X = cut
Control+C = copy
Control+V = pasteControl+Z = undo
Control+Y = redo
- Microsoft ASP.NET MVC hits Gold + free eBook!
-
Posted by oVan on Friday, March 20, 2009 | PermaLink | 0 comments
After what seemed like an never ending rally of preview, beta, CTP and RC versions, Microsoft has finally released the RTW (Ready To Web) version of ASP.NET MVC.
In plain English, that means the official version 1.0 of the MVC framework for ASP.NET is now a fact. You’ll find a truckload of sample code, videos and tutorials at the ASP.NET MVC Center. You’ll also find a gallery there, featuring some nice design templates (skins) to get you started on your MVC project.
While we’re waiting on the Gu (Scott Guthrie) to release his long awaited blog post on this release, here’s a must read post of him: Free ASP.NET MVC eBook Tutorial. Additionally, here are some videos to get your started:
- Learn MVC: Understanding Models, Views and Controllers
- Learn MVC: ASP.NET MVC Controller Overview
- Learn MVC: Creating a Movie Database Application with ASP.NET MVC
You can find more videos here:
» More “How Do I” Videos
» More MVC Videos
- Did you know?
-
Posted by oVan on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 | PermaLink | 0 comments
Here's a great presentation about the evolution of technology and life in general.
- Easily timing your website speed
-
Posted by oVan on Friday, January 30, 2009 | PermaLink | 0 comments
There are many ways to time the speed of your website, using php, asp, asp.net or simple javascript. They all have the disadvantage that you need to include your scripts on every page you want to time, and once your site is published live on the webserver, you don’t want every visitor to see these timing results.
Here’s a simple and elegant solution, and it’s free! The Numion Stopwatch website has a simple textbox to enter the url you want to time.
Note: once your site or page is loaded and timed, you can push the result button to test again. A separate button would be much clearer.
Link: http://www.numion.com/Stopwatch/Labels: asp.net, performance, php, web development, webdev
- Big List of Windows 7 Secrets
-
Posted by oVan on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 | PermaLink | 0 commentsKeyboard junkies and power users rejoice! Here's a great list of Windows 7 secrets, some of which also work in Vista SP2, published by Tim Sneath.
The keyboard combinations Win+Up, Win+Down, Win+Shift+Up, Win+Shift+Down, Win+Left, Win+Right to maximize/minimize/move windows are real life savers. So is Win+T to access the taskbar, Win+Space to enable Aero Peek, and Control+click on a taskbar icon to switch between multiple windows of the same program.
Read all these powerful tips here: Bumper List of Windows 7 SecretsLabels: keyboard, shortcut, tip, trick, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista