Hello Grant,
I can help with a german vista, or an english one in a virtual machine, if you
want.
But Vista is new for me also.
greetings
Andreas
> Von: Grant Baillie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff: Re: [Chandler-dev] Vista?
> Datum: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:04:42 -0800
> From the desktop client point of view, there are several possible
> levels of support:
>
> 1) Dogfooding and testing the existing Windows client on Vista.
>
> 2) Having some number of developers use Vista as their full-time
> development platform.
>
> 3) Running a Vista tinderbox.
>
> 4) Building the app natively on Vista.
>
> Long term, it seems we might be skating on thin ice a little if we
> don't consider 1 or maybe 3. (We kind of have the dogfooding part
> outsourced to one of our users at the moment ;), but maybe there are
> more people to give us coverage.
>
> If we are going to support Vista sidebar widgets, there is also a
> question of how we will build and distribute them. Either we could do
> something pretty ad-hoc (the developer in charge builds a binary), or
> more formal (i.e. have a build machine set up to produce a binary or
> installer).
>
> --Grant
>
> On 25 Feb, 2008, at 14:26, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
>
> > Mimi listed "Vista sidebar" as one of the widget containers. I
> > thought it might be worth having a general conversation about Vista
> > support for both desktop and widgets. We could make decisions
> > differently for each -- afaik there is no technical reason why we
> > would need to support Vista on the desktop to do a Vista sidebar
> > widget. If we think the time is right for a Vista sidebar widget
> > though, that calls into question why we're not supporting Vista on
> > the desktop.
> >
> > For context, operating system market share as of Jan 2008, according
> > to one report:
> > <a target="_blank"
> href='http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10'>http://marketsha
> re.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=10</a>
> >
> > - 75% Windows XP
> > - 12% Windows Vista
> > - 4.3% Mac intel
> > - 3.3% Mac ppc
> > - 2.7% Windows 2000
> > - 0.67% Linux
> > - 2% Other
> >
> > Jared, any input on % Vista users we see on Hub or the website?
> >
> > Questions:
> > - What infrastructure do we need to do Vista sidebar widgets or
> > support
> > Vista on the desktop? How many Vista licenses, any new hardware?
> >
> > - Should we bite the bullet and officially support Vista on the
> > desktop?
> > (Or perhaps the better question is, When?)
> >
> > Fwiw, I ran across a tool that generates osx and vista widgets from
> > web widgets when looking up how similar vista widgets were to osx
> > widgets:
> > <a target="_blank"
> href='http://www.amnestywidgets.com/Products.html'>http://www.amnestywidgets
> .com/Products.html</a>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Katie
> >
> >
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