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HOW TO stop the image toolbar from appearing when the user hovers overan image in IE6?

To turn it off, place the following code in your <head> element: <meta content="no" equiv="imagetoolbar"> Via Virtual Earth

Internet Explorer has turned 10.

"We do so much with our browsers today that we take for granted, but do you remember the first time you bought something over the Internet? What about the first time you checked your bank balance, the first time you booked concert tickets, or the first time you were pointed to an URL instead of a .EXE file to install an application?" Internet Explorer has turned 10 . Happy Birthday IE!

Scott Allen's AJAX wishlist

The OdeToCode guy shares his ideas about what AJAX should not be: AJAX should not be hard to debug. AJAX should not be hard to test. AJAX should not be SmartNavigation 2.0 ( SmartNavigation is obsolete in .NET Framework 2.0) AJAX should not confuse the user. Also on the topic, Peter Bromberg's AJAX rant , advice & code . Microsoft INVENTED AJAX, and its called RemoteScripting. In ASP.NET 2.0, they call it "ScriptCallbacks".

Ask properly and you shall find

Google can understand wildcards to do meaningful searches. you can ... get the search engine to ' fill in the blank .' So instead of asking [who invented the parachute?], you can enter the query [ the parachute was invented by * ]. What I'm waiting to see is if Google will do my nephew's homework next :-).

Add FxCop to your arsenal

FxCop is a code analysis tool that checks .NET managed code assemblies for conformance to the Microsoft .NET Framework Design Guidelines. It uses reflection, MSIL parsing, and callgraph analysis to inspect assemblies for more than 200 defects in the following areas: * Library design * Localization * Naming conventions * Performance * Security FxCop has over 200 rules that cover everything about your assemblies from ensuring that you use COM interop correctly, to ensuring proper globalization, to enforcing rules for writing high-performance code. The accompanying help file contains detailed descriptions and code snippets related to the Rules. Great code fodder to chew. It now performs analysis through a technique called Introspection.