Don't look now, but Microsoft is finally working to tune up its Microsoft
Developer Network (MSDN) site. The effort promises to resolve long-running
frustrations developers have encountered working with the online library and
resource.
Redmond Developer News has learned that Microsoft has assembled a task
force to determine how it can improve MSDN, a site that aggregates much of Microsoft's
technical content for developers. The task force, which spent much of this week
in New York interviewing developers, made a stop last night at the monthly meeting
of the NYC .NET Developer's Group
held in Microsoft's New York offices. The task force revealed its effort to
a group of more than 100 people attending the meeting.
"There's great content there. It's very thorough, but from a practical
standpoint, it doesn't really meet people's needs," said Brian Hsi, a product
manager involved in the effort, who made his pitch at the meeting. "It's
kind of static. It's really a library at the end of the day."