Comments for The Agile Micro ISV Blog http://www.agilemicroisv.com Small fish. Big pond. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Driving Traffic Using Microsites by Microsite | Jeremy Wheat http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2010/04/driving-traffic-using-microsites/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Microsite | Jeremy Wheat Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:12:42 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=367#comment-854 [...] Driving Traffic Using Microsites (agilemicroisv.com) pass it along [...] [...] Driving Traffic Using Microsites (agilemicroisv.com) pass it along [...]

]]> Comment on The Bits du Jour Experience by Paul http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2010/04/the-bits-du-jour-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Paul Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:49:21 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=373#comment-853 Hi Tim, Do you run everything (wordpress website, click once, activation(intellilock?)) on the vps or do you use separate windows and linux hosting? Thanks, Paul Hi Tim, Do you run everything (wordpress website, click once, activation(intellilock?)) on the vps or do you use separate windows and linux hosting?
Thanks,
Paul

]]> Comment on The Bits du Jour Experience by Alexander http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2010/04/the-bits-du-jour-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Alexander Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:26:01 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=373#comment-850 Yepp, we serve all static content on TestLab² sites through MaxCDN (NetDNA). I'm not sure about ClickOnce server side stuff, it seems there are not only static files involved into the process. But almost all CDN services allow to mirror a folder on your own server and you can just CNAME it using a subdomain of yours. CDN (usually) speeds up downloads pretty seriously, especially for non-USA delivery. One more, less visible but still valuable bonus is the user installation experience: nobody likes to wait too long. There are a few services, like SimpleCDN, MaxCDN or FileKicker, which are reasonably priced so you can perform tests without any overhead expenses. Yepp, we serve all static content on TestLab² sites through MaxCDN (NetDNA).

I’m not sure about ClickOnce server side stuff, it seems there are not only static files involved into the process. But almost all CDN services allow to mirror a folder on your own server and you can just CNAME it using a subdomain of yours.

CDN (usually) speeds up downloads pretty seriously, especially for non-USA delivery. One more, less visible but still valuable bonus is the user installation experience: nobody likes to wait too long.

There are a few services, like SimpleCDN, MaxCDN or FileKicker, which are reasonably priced so you can perform tests without any overhead expenses.

]]> Comment on The Bits du Jour Experience by Tim Haughton http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2010/04/the-bits-du-jour-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Tim Haughton Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:51 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=373#comment-849 It's just a VPS. I hadn't considered a CDN as I'm not sure how it would play with ClickOnce, maybe it's something to look at. Have you had experience with CDNs? It’s just a VPS. I hadn’t considered a CDN as I’m not sure how it would play with ClickOnce, maybe it’s something to look at. Have you had experience with CDNs?

]]> Comment on The Bits du Jour Experience by Alexander http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2010/04/the-bits-du-jour-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Alexander Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:56:27 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=373#comment-848 Do you use any CDN solution for distributive delivery? Or it's "streamed" from general purpose hosting? Do you use any CDN solution for distributive delivery? Or it’s “streamed” from general purpose hosting?

]]> Comment on Vista, UAC and the ClickOnce Bootstrapper by how to fix computer errors http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2008/11/vista-uac-and-the-clickonce-bootstrapper/comment-page-1/#comment-811 how to fix computer errors Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:05:18 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2008/11/vista-uac-and-the-clickonce-bootstrapper.html #comment-811 Hi I found this site by mistake when i was searching Google for this issue, I must say your site is really helpful I also love the design, its amazing!. I don't have the time at the moment to fully read your site but I have bookmarked your site and also add your RSS feeds. I will be back in a day or two. thanks for a great site. Hi I found this site by mistake when i was searching Google for this issue, I must say your site is really helpful I also love the design, its amazing!. I don’t have the time at the moment to fully read your site but I have bookmarked your site and also add your RSS feeds. I will be back in a day or two. thanks for a great site.

]]> Comment on Listing Your Competition by Vaclav Zahradnik http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2010/02/listing-your-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Vaclav Zahradnik Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:51:25 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=359#comment-796 I've actually seen this on a competitor's site of mine. It has a form of a feature matrix inside a wiki page, so anyone can modify it. Legally it's probably ok, at least in EU it is. The page itself has good ranking and I receive some traffic from it too so generally I don't have much against it, but still I keep wondering. Lots of useless features are listed for some products and many great features that can't be just summarized into have/don't have are missing. So I'm not such a fan of those comparisons if it's not done in some article with further explanations of areas in what each product excels. I’ve actually seen this on a competitor’s site of mine. It has a form of a feature matrix inside a wiki page, so anyone can modify it. Legally it’s probably ok, at least in EU it is. The page itself has good ranking and I receive some traffic from it too so generally I don’t have much against it, but still I keep wondering. Lots of useless features are listed for some products and many great features that can’t be just summarized into have/don’t have are missing. So I’m not such a fan of those comparisons if it’s not done in some article with further explanations of areas in what each product excels.

]]> Comment on Listing Your Competition by mokosh http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2010/02/listing-your-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-790 mokosh Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:49:09 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=359#comment-790 I never seen a list of competition on a product website, but what I have seen is the separate website and domain created where similar products are listed and rated (mostly open source competition, probably because of possible legal issues). One example is www.agile-tools.net published by creators of TargetProcess. The website was created to score well for searches such as 'which agile tool' and 'agile tools comparison'. I think that this approach is better than listing your competition directly on your page since the later may cause your prospects to loose momentum and navigate away from you to research more about others - something you don't really want. Cheers, Jarek I never seen a list of competition on a product website, but what I have seen is the separate website and domain created where similar products are listed and rated (mostly open source competition, probably because of possible legal issues). One example is http://www.agile-tools.net published by creators of TargetProcess. The website was created to score well for searches such as ‘which agile tool’ and ‘agile tools comparison’. I think that this approach is better than listing your competition directly on your page since the later may cause your prospects to loose momentum and navigate away from you to research more about others – something you don’t really want.

Cheers,
Jarek

]]> Comment on Two’s Company by Brian Haas http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2009/12/twos-company/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Brian Haas Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:43:54 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=355#comment-744 We have two apps, one written in WinForms and one in WPF. When making the decision to use WPF, the deciding factor for me was databinding, XAML, and Silverlight. WPF databinding rocks, and I think its the most beneficial non-visual advantage. My first impression with WPF was that Microsoft accomplished their goal of "best of winforms, best of the web", however after using it for over a year, there are definite painpoints. As Tim points out, cold start times are painful. Also, debugging is often more difficult as the framework is extensive, especially around weak references and our use of the command infrastructure. And finally, our solution will eventually lead us to web work and the investiment in WPF and XAML technology will hopefully pay off as we look to utilize Silverlight in a web UI to avoid javascript based business logic. One more note on WPF. I had a customer request support because our app UI was not rendering properly. Double visuals and cutoff panels. The solution was to update his video driver! As a business app developer, that was a first for me. You wont have that problem with WinForms. We have two apps, one written in WinForms and one in WPF. When making the decision to use WPF, the deciding factor for me was databinding, XAML, and Silverlight. WPF databinding rocks, and I think its the most beneficial non-visual advantage. My first impression with WPF was that Microsoft accomplished their goal of “best of winforms, best of the web”, however after using it for over a year, there are definite painpoints. As Tim points out, cold start times are painful. Also, debugging is often more difficult as the framework is extensive, especially around weak references and our use of the command infrastructure. And finally, our solution will eventually lead us to web work and the investiment in WPF and XAML technology will hopefully pay off as we look to utilize Silverlight in a web UI to avoid javascript based business logic.

One more note on WPF. I had a customer request support because our app UI was not rendering properly. Double visuals and cutoff panels. The solution was to update his video driver! As a business app developer, that was a first for me. You wont have that problem with WinForms.

]]> Comment on SSL and Code Signing for the Micro ISV by Giammarco Schisani http://www.agilemicroisv.com/2009/10/ssl-and-code-signing-for-the-micro-isv/comment-page-1/#comment-740 Giammarco Schisani Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:11:30 +0000 http://www.agilemicroisv.com/?p=349#comment-740 Thank you Tim. I need to get code signing for my application, and this is definitely better for my pocket compared to Verisign, Thawte and similar. Thank you Tim. I need to get code signing for my application, and this is definitely better for my pocket compared to Verisign, Thawte and similar.

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