Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
Hi, Thanks. Keep me posted off list on Mac's Java progress with Java 6. I'd really like to go Java 6, but Apple is a version behind the rest of the operating system comunity. Draconis Entertainment wrote: > Apple is using Java 5.0 right now, but is preparing to release support > for Java 6.0, which was originally supposed to be included with > Leopard but wasn't quite ready. > > > Draconis Entertainment > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Draconis Entertainment > "Feel the power...wield the magic..." > http://www.DraconisEntertainment.com > http://www.DracoEnt.com > > > > On 2 Jan, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: > > >> Hi Cara, >> Do you happen to know the Java runtime versions used by Mac OS Tiger >> and >> Leopard? I know they are allot older than Windows and if I were to do >> Java games for Mac I'd need to know what version of the JDK to use my >> guess is they are around 1.4.2 or JRE 5.0. >> >> >> >> Cara Quinn wrote: >> >>> Thomas, I'll be looking into Python so will let you know what I >>> find,K?... >>> >>> Smiles, >>> >>> Cara :) >>> >>> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> . >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of >> the list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
Hi Cara, Well, call it an educated guess. Generally, on Linux unless I intentionally update the version in the Ubuntu updates is a major version or so behind whatever Sun has posted for developers. Ubuntu is pretty good grabbing the Java jdk and jre source and posting it in their commercial add ons, but like with Mac they don't upgrade every single time a new version is posted on Sun's web site. So I was guessing correctly that Mac grabs the most popular and widely used versions and incorperate it in to their operating system rather than grabbing the latest available version. Cara Quinn wrote: >From what I can tell, you're exactly right. Wow! great call!... > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
From what I can tell, you're exactly right. Wow! great call!... Smiles, Cara :) On Jan 2, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Cara, > Do you happen to know the Java runtime versions used by Mac OS Tiger > and > Leopard? I know they are allot older than Windows and if I were to do > Java games for Mac I'd need to know what version of the JDK to use my > guess is they are around 1.4.2 or JRE 5.0. > > > > Cara Quinn wrote: >> Thomas, I'll be looking into Python so will let you know what I >> find,K?... >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > . > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of > the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
Apple is using Java 5.0 right now, but is preparing to release support for Java 6.0, which was originally supposed to be included with Leopard but wasn't quite ready. Draconis Entertainment [EMAIL PROTECTED] Draconis Entertainment "Feel the power...wield the magic..." http://www.DraconisEntertainment.com http://www.DracoEnt.com On 2 Jan, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Cara, > Do you happen to know the Java runtime versions used by Mac OS Tiger > and > Leopard? I know they are allot older than Windows and if I were to do > Java games for Mac I'd need to know what version of the JDK to use my > guess is they are around 1.4.2 or JRE 5.0. > > > > Cara Quinn wrote: >> Thomas, I'll be looking into Python so will let you know what I >> find,K?... >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > . > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of > the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
Hi, Ignore previous post. I just found a nice little web page on the Apple web site about Java development for Mac OS Leopard. Apparently Java 1.5.13 is built directly into the core os with the accessibility bridge for VoiceOver. pretty darn sweet if you ask me, and it isn't so far out of date that I can't live with using Java 1.5 instead of 1.6. Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Cara, > Do you happen to know the Java runtime versions used by Mac OS Tiger and > Leopard? I know they are allot older than Windows and if I were to do > Java games for Mac I'd need to know what version of the JDK to use my > guess is they are around 1.4.2 or JRE 5.0. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
Hi Cara, Do you happen to know the Java runtime versions used by Mac OS Tiger and Leopard? I know they are allot older than Windows and if I were to do Java games for Mac I'd need to know what version of the JDK to use my guess is they are around 1.4.2 or JRE 5.0. Cara Quinn wrote: >Thomas, I'll be looking into Python so will let you know what I > find,K?... > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
Thomas, I'll be looking into Python so will let you know what I find,K?... Smiles, Cara :) On Dec 31, 2007, at 9:14 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Cara, > I've been looking into the possability of getting a Mac for my > computer > network for quite some time, and would be interested in writing some > accessible Mac games myself. The problem is for me since I don't > have a > Mac myself and not a personal group of dedicated Mac testers it is a > little difficult for me to design and test Mac games. > I know that one option is to go Java, but I still have a few gripes > about Java's sound programming abilities. The other is Python, but I > have no idea how to get Python based games setup and running on a Mac. > > > Cara Quinn wrote: >> Well I'm using it right now, and am using my Mac exclusively. :) >> >> The only thing I'd use windows for at the moment, would be to >> resume development on AQ / JQ until I can adapt / create / help >> Matthew do same, with a Mac ver of AQ, which will most definitely be >> on the way relatively soon... >> >> I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have off-list and there >> are several good resources / mailing lists and such that you can >> check >> out. >> >> The area that I'm personally noticing a lack in are accessible >> games for the Mac, but that stands to reason as pretty much everyone >> here is developing for windows at the moment. So that's not really a >> screen reader issue... :) >> >> Anyway, blah blah blah... lol! Have a lovely new year!... >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > . > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of > the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
Hi, Unfortunately, porting many accessible games over to Mac would be pretty difficult since most of them are built on Visual Basic 6 technology. In theory Montezuma's Return could be ported over, but I'd have to find something else to replace DirectX like SDL which I am not sure how well developed it is compared DirectX these days. Orin wrote: > Uh, it's really good, I just switched over at Christmas and I found > that I personally have been having a better time. It also is a heck of > a lot more stable. Today, my Mac will be up and running, and is still > up and running, for exactly a week. Now if only newer audio games > could be ported over... > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Audyssey] Accessible Mac Games was Screen reader for MAC
Hi Cara, I've been looking into the possability of getting a Mac for my computer network for quite some time, and would be interested in writing some accessible Mac games myself. The problem is for me since I don't have a Mac myself and not a personal group of dedicated Mac testers it is a little difficult for me to design and test Mac games. I know that one option is to go Java, but I still have a few gripes about Java's sound programming abilities. The other is Python, but I have no idea how to get Python based games setup and running on a Mac. Cara Quinn wrote: >Well I'm using it right now, and am using my Mac exclusively. :) > >The only thing I'd use windows for at the moment, would be to > resume development on AQ / JQ until I can adapt / create / help > Matthew do same, with a Mac ver of AQ, which will most definitely be > on the way relatively soon... > > I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have off-list and there > are several good resources / mailing lists and such that you can check > out. > >The area that I'm personally noticing a lack in are accessible > games for the Mac, but that stands to reason as pretty much everyone > here is developing for windows at the moment. So that's not really a > screen reader issue... :) > > Anyway, blah blah blah... lol! Have a lovely new year!... > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
