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January 2004

Generics in .Net

I've been following with interest various articles that have been published about the addition of Generics to .Net.

Huffman Coded GUIs

Huffman Coded GUIs is the first of hopefully a series of articles detailing simple techniques for improving the user interfaces of your applications.

OOSAlarm Updated

Another update to the OOSAlarm, now at version 1.8. Improvements include:

No more Applications

Joe Hewit has posted an interesting comment about how he'd like to see applications completely disappear, replaced by an operating system coupled with pieces of functionality from different vendors that all work together.

A Wealth of Information

I've been reading the site of Chris Sells for some time, tracking his blog. I find that often his posts lead me across the net, following references from place to place, learning some interesting things on the way.

OOSAlarm Released

A significant update to my OOSAlarm application.

Data Entry Prompts for FileMaker Pro

FileMaker Pro is a useful database product for personal and workgroup use. A first tip discusses how to provide dynamic prompts to your users as they go through data entry.

Writing Secure Applications

One of the fundamental tennets of writing secure applications is to control your inputs - many of the classic exploits against web servers and networked applications rely the way unexpected inputs are mishanded.