Brendan Tompkins [MVP]

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VS.NET Help Lacking or am I spoiled by Google?

When I search for “DataView“, I get 500 entries and I have to scroll down to the bottom to find the main class reference page. I cant help thinking that if MS got together with Google, I could type “dahta veew” and it would politely say, “Did you mean System.DataView” and take me directly to the home page for the DataView class. I know. This is too much to ask, but wouldn't it be cool?

-Brendan

Published Dec 30 2003, 10:27 AM by Brendan Tompkins

Comments

Jesse Ezell said:

Google will give you more than 500 :-).

If DataView is in your code, try the context sensitive help. Otherwise, go to the index. Search sucks.

# December 30, 2003 5:39 AM

Carl said:

I think expecting VisualStudio internal search capabilities to be comparable to Google is grasping.

Google's entire focus is earch technology. So it BETTER perform as good as it does.

# January 4, 2004 4:55 AM

Brendan Tompkins said:

Carl. Agreed. But, VS.NET help could throw us a bone, and if we search for DataView, at least give us a "Best Bets" pane or something like that.

# January 5, 2004 1:09 AM

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About Brendan Tompkins

Brendan has been programming with .NET since the first public beta and is owner and operator of Port Technology Services, a consultancy company providing .NET application development services to the Maritime industry. In July, 2007, he was awarded the Microsoft MVP award for ASP.NET. He's also a proud co-founder of failed .COM startup Intrinsigo, and has had a hand in the failure of numerous other businesses. He currently runs CodeBetter.Com and Devlicio.us, and lives in Norfolk, Virgina with his wife Tiara and son Ian.