>I agree on the dismally slow speed of VS/MSDN help.
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>I'd call it almost acceptable *IF* the filters on help actually worked. Without filters, it is almost completely useless because of all the irrelevant topics it brings up when I try to find anything. Filter for C#? Doesn't matter - you'll get J#, VB, SQL, compact framework, and C++ specific topics. Same for all the filters. That is inexcusable.
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I guess I'm different than most, but I'll accept some aggravation in the short term for the productivity gain I have when developing apps with .net. I've done a couple major apps and a compact app and find that the development time is not that much different. YMMV.