I hear that Microsoft is going through the process of getting a trademark on a new feature coming in Visual Studio 2010, IntelliTrace, formerly known as Historical Debugging. I am not aware of any Visual Studio feature that has attempted a trademark; which suggests Microsoft is very excited about this new technology--and they should be.
One of the remaining burdens on developers today is troubleshooting bugs and incompatibilities turned in by testers, clients, customers, friends and relatives. Often a developer must become a CSI Investigator. They must collect all the evidence, interrogate witnesses, reconstruct the scene, and perform endless experiments, all in hopes of identifying the culprit (or in this case, the bug).
One of the best crime deterrents is the security camera. Imagine how much time is saved when an investigator simply has to watches a video tape of the crime. He doesn’t need much evidence or scene reconstruction—the entire picture is in front of him.
IntelliTrace is your security camera. This is a new debugging tool introduced in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition that builds a very detailed picture of all the steps or events that occurred within the application prior to the bug. It is similar to a Windows dump file but designed for developers.
I, for one, am very excited about this new feature and I encourage you to check it out.
See:
Visual Studio 2010 Feature List
IntelliTrace Help