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Recent update: 2008-3-21

Make links in Profil (Url, E-Mail)

132 byte By rgerbig at 2008-3-7
Hi, why are the urls in the profile no links? it is not very comfortable to copy the urls and then paste them into the adress bar.

Web Services forum

375 byte By RobertHousedorf at 2008-3-6
Hi folks,Just a small suggestion. It seems there are a LOT of people who think that the "Web Services" forum is for IIS questions, as in "THE web service running on my box"instead of "Web Services questions, as in .ASMX type stuff"Not sure how I'd go about putting in a description, but you ...

Recover message posts that don't get posted since this seems to happen so often.

1895 byte By MarcD at 2008-3-5
I spent 10 minutes typing up a post. I had been browsing the forum signed in for almost an hour. I typed up the message checmkarked , alert me and this psot contains a code sample and hit Post. It redirected me to the login window. I logged in with my passwport even though I have "save email ...

To whom to complain about absence of the VFPButton in this forum?

409 byte By SergeyCh at 2008-3-3
To whom to complain about absence of the VFPButton in this forum?We have in this forum C#, VB, but where is button for the VFP code?Thank you very much to whom who can solve this ...

Where is the forum for ...?

116 byte By LisaAmblerMSFT at 2008-3-1
All I can find are Visual Studio 2005 forums. Where are the forums for ITPros, Technet, Windows and so on?

Where are the forums for other languages?

131 byte By LisaAmblerMSFT at 2008-2-28
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="; COLOR: black; "><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span>

There is a Spanish version of the forums ?

71 byte By ElBruno at 2008-2-27
In the subject is the question :D Byes from Spain El Bruno

Windows forms

159 byte By icelava at 2008-2-26
I see there is a Windows Forms group here. I suppose there is no intention of cross linking over to http://windowsforms.net/Forums/ as with the ASP.NET forums?

Provide URL Pointing Directly to posts marked as Answer?

431 byte By FrankBoyne at 2008-2-25
To save typing/duplication of effort it would be good to be able to provide a URL that would take someone directly to the posting marked as an answer rather than just having a URL to the start of a thread.That way, if the same question was asked in some other forum/community/whatever the answer ...

Add a Mechanism for the User to Provide .NET version.

266 byte By Vikram at 2008-2-24
Hi, I think there must be a way for the user to just use a dropdown or something similar to specify the version of .NET he/she is refering to. This can cause quite a confusion now with many already on the Beta2 and others still on V1.1 Regards, Vikram

third party controls

433 byte By dennist at 2008-2-23
I suggest a forum where third parties whose controls work with net2.0 and /or asp.net 2.0, and integrate into vs 2005 can mention themselves. There'd have to be self-control. A brief description and a URL.In another thread, somebody mentioned componentone. componentone and infragistics produce ...

DX Forums?

152 byte By KluchDev at 2008-2-22
Any chance we will see any DirectX or Managed DirectX forums? I would find em useful <img src="/library/msdn/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" />

Allow Quote/Reply Posts to be marked as questions

393 byte By FrankBoyne at 2008-2-22
I've noticed what I think is a hiccough in the Question/Answer mechanism. Sometimes a question is answered correctly but the answer (or another post in the thread) prompts a follow-up question which generally gets sent using Reply or Quote so it is in-context.However, since the original ...

TechNet Forums!

143 byte By 8026mn at 2008-2-21
We need a TechNet Forum so that us Non-Developers have somewhere to talk. I'd also like to see something like Channel 9 for TechNet.

Why are the ASP.NET forums on a different site?

108 byte By OlavTollefsen at 2008-2-20
Why are the ASP.NET forums hosted on a different site with a separate registration and login from this site?

Two Gripes

604 byte By AlChristoph at 2008-2-19
1. I've been through the motions of adding forums to my trusted sites (per the FAQ) and still can't post from my client's network. More Idea's please?2. One of the search text boxes gives an error on evey character typed. Not nice The text enters and works. But it is a pain. The box is in ...

Forums for Server Products such as Sharepoint

282 byte By Vikram at 2008-2-18
Hi, I have used the regular MSDN newsgroups for Sharepoint and Biztalk but I feel it would be good to have a separate grouping here on forums.microsoft.com for all the Server Products such as Sharepoint Portal Server, Biztalk Server, CMS and Commerce Server. Regards, Vikram

Can we have a forum for...

154 byte By UnquaLeX at 2008-2-17
Hey, a forum for architecture things... to discuss about design patterns and practices... and project architecure.. I tought that would be cool

more vc++ sections!

24 byte By Saltynuts at 2008-2-16
At least add a 64bit one

Add a "search only in posts marked as correct answers" feature ?

474 byte By JuanT.Llibre at 2008-2-15
Maybe at this time this isn't much of a problem, but as the number of posts grows( like at forums.asp.net, where there's already close to 1,000,000 posts ),it would be useful to be able to *only* search in posts which have been markedby users as containing a "correct answer".That would allow ...

Add forum description to 'Post a New Message' page

604 byte By DavidM.Kean at 2008-2-15
I suggest that the forum description is displayed in a prominant color (such as red) at the top of the Post a New Message page. I think that this will help reduce the number of off-topic posts, as it appears that users are completely ignoring the forums descriptions on the front page.Also I ...

Rich-textbox as post-message control...

439 byte By Smarty at 2008-2-15
To post message(or reply) to this forum anyone must use this rich-text control to type(or paste) his/her message first. But this control EXTREMELY uncomfortable from my point of view. For example, try to copy code-sample from C# Express 2005(usual format using Tabs) and paste it to this ...

Mark all as read

178 byte By OrenNovotny at 2008-2-15
Can there be a "mark all as read" button/link added to the each forum? It's very difficult to keep an eye out for new messages in a forum right now. Thanks, --Oren

Download Versions Page

218 byte By Noodles_is_a_valid_display_name at 2008-2-15
And another good idea is that you should label your forums topic to be specific to what you want per topic such as - Ideas & Suggestions (specific only to forum content,layout and other logistical data).

Show times in correct timezone for reader

319 byte By CarlDaniel at 2008-2-14
Actually, I think the site's already trying to do this - or perhaps times appear in PST no matter where the reader is located?Anyway, in the Pacific time zone, we're currently in PDT, not PST. The site is showing PST, and it is the correct PST time, but I'd rather see PDT since that's what ...

tree view and applications

353 byte By dennist at 2008-2-14
In another thread an mvp suggested tree view. I'd love that. It would save tremendous amounts of time.Second I wasn't enarmoured of NNTP. The one thing I did like and used often in the 2003 forums was the ability to upload and download sample applications.Thirdly, you need a spelling checker. ...

Feature satisfaction ....

99 byte By Lucian at 2008-2-13
Are you guys happy with this feature of marking thread as resolved/unresolved? Thanks, Lucian

Don't display "Joined on" dates

285 byte By KeithHill at 2008-2-13
Ya know I really don't care when folks "joined" this forum and if I did, all I would have to do is click on their name to get that info. I find that having the "joined on" dates along with the message post date is visually busy and distracts me from the more import message post date.

Why do I have to re-enter my passport password every time I want to post?

221 byte By hyslopc at 2008-2-12
...or to put it another way: why do you include a "Remember me" checkbox, when it doesn't remember me? I tick it every time, and every time I want to post, it asks me for my password again, which is a real waste of time.

More Emoticons

131 byte By JasonD at 2008-2-11
Can we please have more emoticons? I see 5 as not nearly enough <img src="/library/msdn/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" />

How NNTP postings and this forums relate

241 byte By MartinRichter at 2008-2-10
Hi! Is there a realtion between the NNTP and messages posted here. I saw some messages about "NNTP User". Also I recognize that none of the messages here are available in Google. In my eyes his is a great step back. Martin

Tab order

65 byte By Aidas at 2008-2-10
It whould be nice to have a tab order from "Subject" to "Message"

Great Forum Implementation !!!

206 byte By Imsoccrman at 2008-2-8
I love the new forums. I've been over at asp.net for years and I have to say the passport authentication is pretty sweet over here... I like the paired down emoticons list etc... Nice Job Telligent !!!

Why both MSDN newsgroups and forums?

266 byte By papadi at 2008-2-8
Hi! Does anybody knows why does Microsoft have both msdn newsgroups (msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups) and fmsdn orums (this site)? Would it be better if discussions where place in a single place so that people with common questions help each other better? Dimitris

Turn off the emoticons

157 byte By CarlDaniel at 2008-2-7
If there isn't one hidden somewhere already, please provide an option to turn off the childish emoticions. They play havoc with C++ code posted in messages!

I am missing 64bit and setup/mergemodule project forums

61 byte By Vlasta at 2008-2-7
that is where I would post, but I must use VS-general instead

Sql 2005 Forum

99 byte By LuisValencia at 2008-2-7
Just requesting an sql2005 forum where microsoft sql 2005 employees answers our questions. Thanks

Web Boards presentation

29 byte By SachinShinde at 2008-2-7
Do you have any suggestions ?

overlapping forums

363 byte By dennist at 2008-2-6
You have some windows forms forums here. But the parallel whidbey windows forms forums are still fully functioning.Their volume is still much higher than yours. Theirs are moderated and yours are not. It's almost like two competing groups, and it's an annoyance going from one to the ...

msdn link to

284 byte By JoeJoesimpson at 2008-2-6
<img src="/library/msdn/emoticons/emotion-55.gif" alt="Idea" />How about having <font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #008000" color="#ffffff">an link to us</font><font> section with images of main, libary ect.<img src="/library/msdn/emoticons/emotion-2.gif" alt="Big Smile" /></font>

Idea about improving MSN messanger

75 byte By SergeyRomanov at 2008-2-5
So, where iam I going to post this suggestion for MS developers to see it?

How about adding ASP.NET forums ?

96 byte By JuanT.Llibre at 2008-2-5
How about adding ASP.NET forums ? Isn't ASP.NET "technical" enough ? Thanks for your reply.

Subscribe to Alerts by default

181 byte By AjaySudanMSFT at 2008-2-4
Is it possible to subscribe to Alerts by default when replying to a message? This seems to be the behavior when creating a new thread, but not for replies. Thanks, Ajay

Signatures

1088 byte By casperOne at 2008-2-4
The title should say it all, but I think there are some specific features that need to be added if the interface to this forum is to be web-based. First, on a profile-basis, allow me to specify multiple signatures. Then, in my profile properties, allow me to specify one signature as my ...

Just a Msg attribute test ...

54 byte By Lucian at 2008-2-4
nothing more ... just trying to implement this feature

Missing Forum ?

208 byte By NerdAndy at 2008-2-4
<div align="right"> <div align="left"><span class="mainmenu">Graphics >>DirectX >>OpenGL >>GDI\++ Open Discussion</span> </div> <span class="mainmenu"></span></div>

New forums

532 byte By percent20 at 2008-2-3
If I might suggest a forums for people that dislike microsoft and their products so that they may voice their opinions of why. The reason I say this is this topic fasinates me. I have written blog entries over it many times. Just the comparison between Open Source and Microsoft is a fun topic. ...

Active Topics

137 byte By PaulDomag at 2008-2-3
So sorry, this is the thread that I want to delete... Just dis regard this thread... my error... cheers, Paul June A. Domag

Unread posts since last visit

176 byte By Manhattan at 2008-2-2
Hello all The forum looks very good. I couldn't find a link to show all the unread post since the last visit. A lot of forums have this feature. It would be nice to have it.

Better DHTML experience (like Google)

425 byte By Mihailik at 2008-2-2
Please, create DHTML-featured version for forums.You note NNTP is not suitable for current scenarios, but current ASP.NET-based, Postback-based model really ugly for massive traffic.For example, see RSDN.ru — it is good DHTML-featured and readable (as well it supports NNTP and it's special ...