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  1. ✍️ În memoria omului care a creat sublinierile roșii și verzi din Microsoft Word (Tony Krueger)

    Tony Krueger, un inginer legendar de la Microsoft al cărui nume este mai puțin cunoscut publicului, dar a cărui muncă a influențat sute de milioane de utilizatori din întreaga lume.

    👨‍💻 Un pionier al aplicației Microsoft Word:
    • Tony Krueger a lucrat la versiunile de început ale Microsoft Word (Word 1.0, 1.1, 2.0), la portările pentru OS/2 și Mac, precum și la Word 6.0 și versiunile ulterioare, deținând probabil recordul pentru cele mai multe versiuni de Word livrate.
    • Deși este menționat pe Wikipedia pentru că a portat jocul clasic Chip's Challenge pe Windows pentru pachetul Windows Entertainment Pack, adevărata sa moștenire tehnologică este alta.
    🔴 Invenția verificării ortografice în fundal (Squiggly Lines):
    • Înainte de intervenția sa, verificarea ortografică era o acțiune manuală, ce întrerupea procesul de scriere și deschidea ferestre pop-up.
    • Tony a optimizat procesul pentru a rula discret în fundal și a introdus celebra subliniere ondulată roșie pentru cuvinte greșite și, ulterior, linia ondulată verde pentru erori de gramatică.
    🎭 O anecdotă legendară cu Penn & Teller:
    • Raymond Chen povestește cum un coleg, aflat la un spectacol al celebrului duo de iluzioniști Penn & Teller, le-a cerut o autogramă pe o fotografie pentru Tony.
    • Când le-a explicat că „Tony este omul din echipa care a făcut liniile roșii și verzi în Word”, Teller — cunoscut pentru faptul că nu vorbește niciodată pe scenă — a ieșit din personaj și a exclamat uimit: „That was HIM?!” („El a fost?!”).
    Un tribut adus unui inginer extraordinar ale cărui inovații de interfață (UI/UX) au devenit un standard universal în editarea digitală de text! 🚀
    #Microsoft #MicrosoftWord #OldNewThing #RaymondChen #Word #TechHistory #UX #SoftwareEngineering #TechNews

  2. @bagder

    Raymond Chen regularly blogs about these types of "security" reports. As an open-source author, I'm also annoyed by them.

    #OldNewThing #RaymondChen

  3. @bagder

    Raymond Chen regularly blogs about these types of "security" reports. As an open-source author, I'm also annoyed by them.

    #OldNewThing #RaymondChen

  4. @bagder

    Raymond Chen regularly blogs about these types of "security" reports. As an open-source author, I'm also annoyed by them.

    #OldNewThing #RaymondChen

  5. @bagder

    Raymond Chen regularly blogs about these types of "security" reports. As an open-source author, I'm also annoyed by them.

    #OldNewThing #RaymondChen

  6. @bagder

    Raymond Chen regularly blogs about these types of "security" reports. As an open-source author, I'm also annoyed by them.

    #OldNewThing #RaymondChen

  7. Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #RaymondChen #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #BSOD #BlueScreen #BlueScreenOfDeath #Windows31

  8. Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #RaymondChen #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #BSOD #BlueScreen #BlueScreenOfDeath #Windows31

  9. Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #RaymondChen #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #BSOD #BlueScreen #BlueScreenOfDeath #Windows31

  10. Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer.

  11. Contrary to popular belief, this isn’t a Blue Screen Of Death - its correct name is a Ctrl-Alt-Del Screen. Introduced in Windows 3.1 (1992), it was shown if a user pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del with no unresponsive apps to kill. It was coded by Raymond Chen, with text by Steve Ballmer. #DailyWindowsFact #Microsoft #Windows #RaymondChen #SteveBallmer #StevenBallmer #BSOD #BlueScreen #BlueScreenOfDeath #Windows31