Check this out, this was back when there was no Google Desktop nor Windows Vista (at least the RCs anyways, since there is no RTM yet) - circa 2001. It contained all the common elements we see today. Google Desktop gadgets, my.msn.com personalized site, RSS feeds all rolled into one. It was created by OEone, with the product base originating from Mozilla.
I had thoughts of doing a blog entry on .NET 3.0. But seeing I am currently reviewing O'Reilly's short cuts for "Getting Started with .NET 3.0", I decided to keep my reviews separate from blog entries. Book reviews can be found in the articles section: http://geekswithblogs.net/yowhann/category/5607.aspx. Instead, it's just a feature on tools.
Tools of the Day:
Dis# - http://dis-net-decompiler.download-656-1077.datapicks.com/
Dis#. Besides Salamander .NET Decompiler, I came across Dis# Decompiler. Anyone come across this, what're your thoughts?
While on the topic of Salamander and Remotesoft, the organization produces the Decompiler as well as an obfuscator. This reminded me of an old chinese saying, two words. The story behind it was that of a salesman who sold both the world's sharpest sword and the world's most endurable shield. Not that the site makes any such claims. If anything the Decompiler is a good warning to people for obfuscating their code, esp managed code. I am just curious to see what happens when you use their obfuscator and then decompile the app. You would probably have to bet on the obfuscator.
Office Communicator - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9253DBEA-CC4F-4934-B35D-E2C90B6406DB&displaylang=en
I always wonder what the corporate messenger had over any regular IM. Now that I've had some exposure to this product, it is actually kind of neat.
Resourcer - http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/. So Lutz Roeder is most well-known for Reflector. I've been a heavy user of this tool whether it's been handling versioning or inspecting third party components. But I haven't really dived into his other tools until today. One below from the Reflector download section is a tool called "Resourcer".
I was searching for a tool today that would allow an end-user (i.e. a language translator) to edit text in a resource file easily (see my sample screeshot). Doing it in Visual Studio would be out of the question since they probably don't have this set up. Resourcer looks like it would be just the ticket!
Misc Tools - http://www.sellsbrothers.com/tools/. Full of little dev tools here. Macros, scripts, dev tools and your favourite IDE...all productivity boosts and the reason why you don't use emacs anymore. Not that there is anything wrong with emacs. Really. I actually had some pretty neat add-ons for emacs back in school.