If you use GreaseMonkey... Please read this.

If you use GreaseMonkey then please please please read Mark Pilgrims post on a very severe, hugely easily exploitable bug in GreaseMonkey that could potentially send ANY file in your local hard disk to ANY url, ANYWHERE.

For full details: Full details on GreaseMonkey exploit.http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html

Please please uninstall GreaseMonkey until this is fixed, either that or remove all * targets and replace them with targets only to trusted websites.

Sarah and I are Safe and Sound

After the events in London today I think it might be prudent to say that both Sarah and I are safe and sound. My office is on Fenchurch Street, a few minutes walk from Aldgate, however I was not affected by the tragic events of today.

Our thoughts and best wishes are with all those who have lost family members in the events of today.

Xml Schema Editor refreshed in Whidbey

Thank you Microsoft!

After having to write and modify large schema xml files by hand due to the fact that the VS.NET 2003 Xml Schema Editor was so, so, so horrendously slow, Whidbey has refreshed the Xml Schema Editor in the following ways:

1. Fast. Redraw of elements is quick. (as opposed to being so slow you could watch the redraw in progress bit by bit)
2. Xml Schema Overview. This is like the Pan & Zoom window that comes in Visio. Excellent.
3. Partial Redraw when scrolling using the Xml Schema Overview. Elements that come into view are drawn in a minimilistic fashion until you stop zooming, making the scroll very quick
4. Left Rooted Tree. This is much nicer than the Top Rooted version in VS.NET 2003. Brings it into line with editors like oXygen and Xml Spy.