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Call them and say "where are you"
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta tomorrow (noun): a mystical land where 99% of all human productivity, motivation and achievement is stored.
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Microsoft Edge. Go figure.
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General opinion seems to be that it doesn't need any help from Windows Update to be broken! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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True, but now it's 100% broken.
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So the update is a real improvement then?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sadly, it's broke, broke. Only goes to show you that they can really make things worse when they do or don't intend to.
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I just opened it (for the first time in months) and it looks just like it used to: dull, and childish.
It browsed to CP without falling over...but I'll stick with Chrome.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Mine comes up, but won't display the usual drivel images, and I can't enter a URL or go to any of the bookmarks that I have. Will have to clear my cache and all that to see if it fixes it.
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But then how are we supposed to download Firefox or Chrome?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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If it didn't break Chrome, who gives a sh*t? 
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How does he download Chrome if he doesn't have a working browser? 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Download it BEFORE you apply the patch.
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I was thinking about a prior Lounge posting about learning web development.
I know next to nothing about web development, except moderate experience with WEB API development using MVC, WCF, and some SignalR.
It sees to me that to be truly proficient in Web Development using a Microsoft stack, one would have to learn and remain proficient in:
ASP.Net MVC
JavaScript
Angular.js
HTML5
CSS
and there's a boatload of things to learn hat are just words to me:
Backbone.js, Ember.js, jQuery, Coffeescript, Handlebar, react.js, node.js, express, wordpress, Drupal, Magento
and god knows what else.
Am I making this more difficult than it is, or is it really this much work?
Thanks
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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In theory, Angular or jQuery don't count as Microsoft stack. You can use MVC with the built in Ajax helpers and Razor. But of late, a lot of people are mixing MVC with Angular (mini-SPA approach).
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Also keep in mind there are a multitude of browsers which may not consistently render the same page. Other points to consider are mobile devices and responsive pages.
At some point, you will feel pain.
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Ah don't lean on me man, cause you can't afford the ticket
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You're making it more complicated than it is.
I once did the same, so I wrote a series of blogs about it: Web development #1: Internet and the World Wide Web[^]
Maybe it'll help you
Basically you need to know a bit about HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a back-end language such as C#, Java, or PHP.
Everything you mentioned comes down to any of those languages.
Pick a few (or one) and be done with it.
The only Microsoft thing you mentioned is ASP.NET MVC by the way, it's your C# back-end framework.
Angular.js, Backbone.js, React.js, and Ember.js are just front-end JavaScript frameworks (running in the browser). They make the work there a little bit easier by pushing you in a certain coding style and direction (they provide HTML binding, templating, and MV* coding style). In no way are you obligated to use them and you usually use just one of them.
jQuery is a JavaScript library for the front-end that makes working with the HTML document object model (DOM) a lot easier and also solves lots of browser incompatibilities. It's probably the most used library around. If you're using one of the earlier mentioned frameworks you probably don't need jQuery as these frameworks have their own methods you can use.
Node.js is just more JavaScript, but now in the back-end (and so replaces your C#, Java, or PHP).
Express is a framework often used with Node.js. Node.js is fairly light-weight and keeps a lot of work to the user, Express has implemented a lot of it for you (such as parsing, routing, etc.).
CoffeeScript is a language that compiles to JavaScript (so you don't have to write actual JavaScript).
Handlebars is a templating engine that helps you to build up HTML. It's often used with Node.js and Express.
Wordpress, Drupal, and Magento are something else. They are Content Management Systems that run on the web. Rent some web space and you can probably install any of them (and more). They're used for creating blogs and pages. They can be customized using, you've guessed it, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP.
Out of all those I know how to use just a few plus a few you haven't mentioned
If you're interested in Node.js, Express, and Angular.js I've also written a series of blogs about those: MEAN web development #1: MEAN, the what and why[^]
Good luck on learning web development!
It's not really as hard as it may seem to you now, but there's a learning curve nonetheless 
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Thank you. Very imformitive explanation
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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No problem
Don't focus too much on all the frameworks and libraries.
My advice is to start easy with HTML, then add some CSS, then some JavaScript. You should be able to create that using nothing but Notepad(++) and a browser.
After that try adding some back-end.
Only after you've got "vanilla" web development add some libraries and frameworks to your stack
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That helped, putting all the bits in place makes a big difference. However it still comes down to having to learn at least 3 technologies/frameworks and probably 5 or 6. Ah Silverlight I do miss you!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: it still comes down to having to learn at least 3 technologies/frameworks
Yeah, but having a little knowledge can get you pretty far with all the frameworks around.
With a little CSS knowledge you can still use Bootstrap which does the hard parts.
With a little HTML/CSS/JavaScript knowledge you can still use jQuery UI, which gives you pretty advanced controls.
Knowing them all, yes.
Mastering them all? Nope
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Very good explanation and all your points above are very good.Totally agree with everything.
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That's very good explanation for a beginner. Very well. Bookmarked in case someone comes asking, I can redirect them here... 
Thanks,
Milind
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Thanks! 
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You could have mentioned TypeScript[^] as well, basically Javascript with optional type safety. The lack of type safety is the biggest drawback of Javascript as far as I'm concerned
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I also should've mentioned Knockout.js, Bootstrap, jQuery UI, Jade, Sockets.io etc.
I think the lack of type safety is one of the strengths and weaknesses of JavaScript.
Personally I haven't used TypeScript, but it's been on my things to try list for a while now.
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