Developers also sought the ability to directly download Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition and install it offline, as opposed to having to install it while connected to the Internet. The request gathered 76 votes.
Users will also get ASP.Net Web Forms templates that do not use obsolete HTML. Developers will be able to drag and drop components onto Web forms, with HTML generated in the background. "Some of the HTML tags were considered obsolete," Keller said. So Microsoft went to a more recent version of HTML standards from the W3C. This feature request received 67 votes.
A bug fix receiving 53 votes pertained to building console-based applications that use a command line interface rather than a Windows Forms or Web Forms interface.
"When you build a command line application and compile and run that application from Visual Studio, sometimes the output window closes too quickly to see the results of your program" during debug mode, Keller said. "Now, by default when you run a command line app from within Visual Studio, the user will receive a 'Press any key to continue' prompt."
Microsoft also fixed Visual Studio 2005's Intellisense function, which tracks letters being typed and provides available commands for a particular class based on keystrokes. The function has been refined so it does not select a method too quickly. The Intellisense request received 50 votes.
Client-side validation, which enforces requirements such as having a user type in a ZIP code, has also been amended after 48 users cited a problem. Previously it only worked with Microsoft's IE browser in Visual Studio, but in Visual Studio 2005 it will work with other browsers, including Netscape and Firefox.
With its decision to accommodate browsers other than IE, Microsoft seeks to satisfy corporations that have been traditional IE users but now are embracing browsers such as Firefox, Gilpin said.
"Microsoft wants to continue getting those companies' business," Gilpin said.
Lastly, an ASP.Net run-time issue, also pertaining to browsers, has been mended. The ASP.Net "Menu" control had only behaved properly in IE. This, too, has been fixed so it will work with popular browsers such as Mozilla and Firefox. Microsoft did not provide the number of votes on this issue.
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