VS 2010: Improvements in the “Add Reference” window

In the previous version, the ".NET" tab was opened in the add reference window by default. which is mainly flow scanned by the GAC for information on assemblies. This caused the IDE to “hang” until the scan was completed. In addition, you could not stop the scanning process until its completion.

In VS Beta 2, performance has been improved when working with this window.

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The first improvement is that the default tab is the Projects tab, which loads very quickly. This allows you to start working with the window immediately.



The second improvement is the fact that .NET and COM tabs open in an asynchronous stream. This means that you can work with different tabs without blocking the main thread, as well as close the window at any time.



These small, but very useful, in my opinion, improvements will help save time and nerves to developers.