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Windows 8 is not for everyone. Should you upgrade, or should you stick with Windows 7? Here are 10 reasons to stay with 7, 10 reasons to take the leap to 8. Ten reasons to avoid Windows 8 The learning curve. Windows 8 is an entirely new experience. There’s no gentle...Blog, Databases, Office Apps
Note: I’m working on updating this series of articles. This article is really showing its age. All the examples are for Microsoft Access 2000/2003, and things have changed a lot since then. While the concepts are still the same and you can learn a lot from...Apple, Blog, iPhone, Tips
The iPhone and the iPad can house a fair number of apps across their multiple home screens. Given that you can create 11 pages of apps on the iPhone with each screen capable of displaying 16 apps, you can showcase 176 individual apps in full iconic glory. Or, if you...Blog, Featured, Pre-7 Windows, Tips, Tools and techniques, Windows, Windows 7, Windows XP
Open any Windows application and take a look at its Open and Save As dialog boxes. Notice how they look pretty much like the dialog boxes in any other application? That’s because Microsoft provides programmers with a set of common dialog boxes. Any programmer may use...