Coding standards and naming conventions?

[Wokawidget]

The more and more of .NET code I see I am beginning to wonder if people have scrapped naming conventions...

Do .NET coders still use obj, str, bln etc?

Also. In VB6:

Dim objWoof As New Object

The above can be done, but is frowned upon by some users. The following is how it's supposed to be done "correctly"

Dim objWoof As Object
   'Blah blah blah
   Set objWoof = New Object

Is this the case for .NET coz all code I have seen uses the Dim As New method...????

Any advantage in .NET of doing this?

Woka