Archive for December 2009
SSRS for SQL 2008 + TERADATA Config on Install = SUX
Posted by: sarah on: December 30, 2009
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Just when I thought I was done with the SUX series for the year, I came across this gem. Recently, I’ve been working with SQL Server Reporting Services and trying to work with it in ASP.NET. While reading logs, I came across an error regarding TERADATA. Why is it that my SQL Server Reporting Services [...]
Netflix Silverlight App Does Not SUX
Posted by: sarah on: December 29, 2009
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Ah yes – I’m back with another edition of the SUX (Sarah on User eXperience) series. This time, I’m singing the praises of the Netflix Silverlight app. Recently, I had the house to myself and a day to rest. So I had the idea of playing World of Warcraft while watching movies over Netflix. The [...]
Why Google Chrome is Pinned on my Taskbar
Posted by: sarah on: December 18, 2009
Whenever I give a presentation, I try to turn off my desktop icons just to get rid of a distraction (and clutter) for my audience. However, I haven’t started hiding my taskbar yet. This past Tuesday night, I spoke at the Cleveland WPF User Group, and one of our regulars noticed an icon on my [...]
Mobile Safari 4.0 + Horizontal Scrolling = SUX
Posted by: sarah on: December 1, 2009
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Recently, I ran into an issue with how some of the sites I’m responsible for were displaying on Android 2.0 devices. Thanks to Google for providing a decent Android SDK – I was able to test my sites on Android 1.6 and Android 2.0. Android 1.6 displayed the sites fine, wrapping like it should. The [...]
