On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:34:45 -0700, Thomas Conrad wrote: > With Vista officially in the "consumer environment" now, and a decision > looming on what OS to go with for the new computer I will be building in > the next couple of months, I figured I'd throw the question out there as > to what the odds are that Zyzzyva and Quackle will run smoothly on the > latest and greatest from Microsoft. I know it's a little early to tell > yet, unless all you developer types have already run out and gotten it > for your beta tests, but I was wondering if you'd heard much about any > possible compatibility issues in the offings. > > I'm well aware that this could spark a whole OTHER debate about whether > to use MS for my OS, and let me just head it off by saying that I am > fairly well tied to MS Office for communication and ease-of-sharing > reasons, so I don't much need the preaching from the Linux faithful. > It's pretty well decided that I will go with either XP or Vista, and I > just make sure that Vista will run my favorite Scrabble tools, should I > go that route. > > Tom
I played around with Quackle 0.94 on Vista today and didn't experience any problems. I didn't get a chance to try everything, but did try sims, board configuration, saving and loading of games, and all of the routine mechanics of playing the computer player. In general, based upon my knowledge of Vista and the Quackle sources, I wouldn't expect any problems from Quackle unless there were compatibility issues with the Qt library. Trolltech is actively promoting the compatibility of Qt 4.2 (the version Quackle 0.94 uses) with Vista and has no issues listed on their platform page, so I think Quackle 0.94 should be in good shape. If you're running an earlier version of Quackle, I wouldn't make any guarantees. But it's free, and the features just keep getting better, so upgrade! Sincerely, John Fultz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
