User interface design expert Billy Hollis is annoyed when he spots even tiny application tweaks that could improve the intuitive experience for users. He finds them everywhere, even in our favorite ...

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When getting started with visual testing, it's important to understand that not every UI element needs pixel-perfect matching.

This complements the current Visual Studio Express product, and gives small teams a zero-cost development environment, source control system, bug tracker, and more.

Microsoft has announced that it is retiring Visual Studio Codespaces - previously Visual Studio Online - and consolidating it into GitHub Codespaces, which is in limited public beta right now.

“It’s a complete new interface that you’re getting,” said Cleeren, a beta user of Visual Studio 2010 and a leader of the Belgian Visual Studio User Group.

More esoteric was my joy that Microsoft rebuilt the entire Visual Studio user interface in WPF and .NET. As I've noted in previous blogs, it's less surprising that the developer tools division ...