Well, I finally picked out and purchased a camcorder. I ended up going with the Panasonic PV-GS200. It’s last year’s model and I was just lucky enough to find a Circuit City that was selling their floor model (as they no longer carried the camera). In reading many reviews on CamCorderInfo and DVSpot I came to the conclusion that Panasonic had some of the best camcorders in the $500-$1,000 range. I started looking at several models and noted that the reviewers and comments were more happy with last years GS200 than this years GS250 (the successor).
I have entered a suggestion on the MSDN Product Feedback Center (a service I had previously talked about). You can search for the suggestion using the phrase “Attribute to provide Compiler Warning/Error other than Obsolete”.
The suggestion is based on the following scenario: During development you may have multiple developers working on several assemblies in parallel. Some developers may be creating APIs to use by other developers but their tasks are such that they need to stub the implementation until they get around to finishing everything.
I saw this on the MS Download Center feed, but then Brad Abrams also mentioned it. The LibCheck utility is used to compare the API of two assemblies. It’s great for determining breaking changes between two assembly versions. I know a certain testing guru who would love this thing (some of you know who I’m talking about). I was having some issues testing how it works to compare just two assemblies I had made (not WinFX assemblies) to see if it has some merit outside it’s original intended use.