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which browsers support XBAP at the moment?

I know of IE8, Firefox, any others? ...

Web Development: Do we still need to support non-javascript users?

Background: I'm working on an e-commerce website. It was my original intention to add JavaScript on top of regular html pages, so that users with JS support got the added benefits, but users without it could still use the basic html forms to add things to their cart, to search, etc. I've run into a few situations though, where there sim...

IE doesn't support Q tag but you can style it.

I am puzzled with the statement that IE does not support <q> tag but it renders just fine on IE as an inline element so if it doesn't support it, so what? We can just style it with CSS to italicize and it works as expected. I tested from IE5 and up. http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag%5Fq.asp Explain why it says it doesn't support it wh...

If you can't do a Support Role, does this mean you should not be in development?

Hi, I've been shifted around roles a lot, and have been put in a support role which seems to deal out a lot of rubbish due to poor business management. Anyway, my line manager says that he's not sure he would recommend me for a developer role as they regard support as a poor technical role. What I resent is the fact that not all the inf...

How To Get My Solutions Into Windows Problem Reports and Solutions

Windows Vista added a Problem Reports and Solutions facility that records software problems, reports them to Microsoft, and then say they collect and make solutions to those problems available to users. So when my program hits a bug and crashes, the user gets an exception report: This then gets captured by Windows as one of it's prob...

Access Database connection string error

So I'm making a website on localhost and I have a database in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Lollipops\App_Data\lollipopDB.mdb that I need to use on my website but when I try to do a SELECT statement on it, it keeps giving me the error: "System.ArgumentException: Keyword not supported: 'provider'." This is in my web.config file - < connectionStri...

Silverlight 4 and real 3d support

Hello! Will silverlight 4 have real 3d support? Like, porting wpf3d classes to silverlight. it would be great if they do so. I think it could bring major improvement on this technology.. look at flash3d, java3d, papervision, googleo3d ...

Is there any free live support solution that would ease implementation of a basic online help-desk?

I'm looking for a free or inexpensive solution to give live online support to web visitors. I would like something based on Jabber/XMPP because it's an open protocol. This should work like this: The company would use 2-3 jabber accounts like Google Talk for providing support Online chat form that would connect to one of currently onl...

What minimum BlackBerry OS should I develop for?

Hi, I am developing a Netflix application for BlackBerry mobile devices. I need to make a decision as to the minimum OS version that I should develop for - depending on which I choose will have some design impacts (such as what browser field classes I can use, etc.) What it comes down to is..should I support anything lower than OS 5.0?...

What hardware can support CADisplayLink class?

I'm making a game with iPhone. I found iPhone OS 3.1 supports v-sync with CADisplayLink class. I believe v-sync is ideal solution for game graphics, I'll use this only. (no fallback to NSTimer) But SDK doc says this too; CADisplayLink is supported in only OS 3.1. Is there a hardware model which cannot support CADisplayLink class? ...

Is there a website where I can see which HTML 5 tags are supported in in different browsers? And WebGL?

I want to make an HTML/Javascript web app. Is there a website where I can compare what webrowser already support the HTML 5 tags? And WebGL? ...

Is WPF a safe choice for my application?

I'm maintaing a Windows Forms application which draws map data with overlays. I've been considering a move to WPF for the drawing layer, to take advantage of the graphics card rendering. In the last couple of weeks, however, I've started to have some doubts: The new release of Evernote uses WPF, and doesn't run on Nvidia Quadro cards. ...

Javascript check yield support

Hi, i read about the yield keyword in javascript and i need to use it in my project. I read that this keyword has been implemented starting from a certain version of JS so i think that old browsers don't support it (right?). Is there a way to check if the yield keyword is supported? or at least is there a way to check if the version of ...

Which Browser does not support asp.net based website

Hi i would like to have the browse list which does NOT support the .net based created website Please so i can compare the technology before creating it ...

USB Host and device side support in QEMU

Hi all, I've few questions about QEMU: 1) I read in QEMU's official documentation that in case of using host system devices "USB devices requiring real time streaming (i.e. USB Video Cameras) are not supported yet". Also there is no isochronous transfer based virtual USB device in QEMU. I want to know what is current status of Iso. sup...

Spring mail support - no subject

I have updated my libraries, and now e-mails are sent without subject. I don't know where this happened... Mail API is 1.4.3., Spring 2.5.6. and Spring Integration Mail 1.0.3.RELEASE. <!-- Definitions for SMTP server --> <bean id="mailSender" class="org.springframework.mail.javamail.JavaMailSenderImpl"> <property name="host" value=...

An app to search a database (SQL Sever)

Im not a developer (not a proper one) but always up for an excuse for self-development. I work in a support team for a reputable software vendor, and we currently use a helpdesk piece of software called iSupport. - Its not a bad piece of kit, and im not sure if it has been set up badly (trying to find out) but the biggest problem I fa...

When will Jython support Python 3?

According to Jython's documentation: Jython is an implementation of the Python language for the Java platform. Jython 2.5 implements the same language as CPython 2.5, and nearly all of the Core Python standard library modules. (CPython is the C implementation of the Python language.) Jython 2.5 uses the same regressio...

What kinds of problems are most likely to occur? (question rewritten)

If I wrote 1) a C# SQL database application (a simple program consisting of a GUI over some forms with logic for interfacing with the SQL database) 2) for home use, that doesn't do any network communication 3) that uses a simple, reliable, and appropriate SQL database 4) whose GUI is properly separated from the logic 5) that has c...

How to set up 3rd party developer portal

I am developing a web service and depend on 3rd party developers to write client applications for it. I need to set a developer portal, a web site where existing and potential developers would find documentation html pages doc files for download libraries downloads wiki forums support ticketing system. There should be a public part ...