New posts in blogs

Alex Yakunin's blog:

• DataObjects.Net v4.1 is updated to v4.1 RC2 (build 168); status update
• Fixing the bugs in DataObjects.Net LINQ translator: an example case
• Boolean branching in DataObjects.Net
• DataObjects.Net at Google Wave
• Should we rename DataObjects.Net?
• What do you need in DataObjects.Net right now?
• Merged DataObjects.Net manual (for now only in HTML)
• Nice part of Manual: Advanced LINQ
• DataObjects.Net v4.1 features: nested transactions + cheat sheet
• Using DataObjects.Net with LINQPad
• New feature of DataObjects.Net v4.1: subquery batching
• Visual tools: model designer & profiler
• Nightly builds are back again ;)
• DataObjects.Net "exit poll": conclusions
• Microsoft StreamInsight vs Rx Framework
• Silverlight 4: binary assembly compatibility with .NET 4!
• Status update: v4.1 release is scheduled for the next week, plans for v4.2 // shame to me :(

Dmitri Maximov's blog:

• Localization support, part 4. Queries
• Localization support, part 3. CRUD operations
• Localization support, part 2. Domain modeling
• Localization support, part 1. Theory
• Npgsql2 provider, version 2.0.7
• Nested transactions
• New personal blog

Alex Kofman's blog:

• "Soft Delete" (aka "Logical Delete") in ORM
• Auto-transactions API
• Xtensive company and DataObjects.Net

Testing new version of Help Server

We've just updated help.x-tensive.com to the upcoming Help Server v3.0.

What's new:

• New CSS-based skins designed to improve the usability: there are Blue and Black themes with horizontal/vertical header (4 themes total; Black theme with horizontal header is here). Tab bar is now always vertical.
• Keyboard support: Alt-C (TOC), Alt-I (Index), Alt-S (Search); Up/Down/Left/Right, Tab, Shift-Tab; Enter (open the document). In Firefox Alt = Alt+Shift; in Safari Alt = Shift; in Opera Alt = Shift-Esc, Shift.
• Zooming (Ctrl-"+", Ctrl-"-" in most of browsers).
• Opera & Safari support. So currently it works ideally in 5 major browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.

If you'll find any bug there, please describe it in comments to this post.