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kylechafinon Visual Studio Add-Ins (Poll Result)

I've been using the VisualSVN plugin for the past few years and have found it to be really pleasant. It's $50, but it's been well worth it for me. http://visualsvn.com/

Alternatively, it sounds like AnhkSVN has been making some great strides lately, but a bad experience with it several years back has kept me away from it. They're free, so they might be worth checking out as well. http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/

kylechafinon Why I'm not happy about IE9

Back in IE6's day browsers were on the desktop, and that's about it. Now that browsers run on a whole host of devices, dominating the desktop browser market isn't the whole ballgame.

It feels unlikely that anyone will ever dominate the browser market like that again.

kylechafinon Apple Relaxes iOS Restrictions On Development Tools, Publishes Review Guidelines

Now that MonoTouch appears to be in the clear on iOS...

It sounds like C# is going to be a viable language for 3 major mobile platforms this Fall. Windows Phone 7 supports C# by default. MonoTouch brings it to iOS and MonoDroid takes it to Android.

It sounds like there will be some really neat opportunities to reuse C# libraries across all three platforms, while dropping a native platform UI on top of them.

kylechafinon Two Weeks Vacation is only a Recommendation, not a Rule

What typically happens to your benefits (Health insurance?) while taking a leave of absence? Is it reasonable to expect my employer to maintain them?