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<br>Would you keep selling caves on the San Andreas fault if you knew an earthquake was imminent?<div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">;-)</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:28:47 +0000<br>> From: patrick.lockley@googlemail.com<br>> To: xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release<br>> <br>> I think more I was saying, nothing is obsolete, you could live in a<br>> cave if you wanted to, but some people like doors, but doors need a<br>> little work.<br>> <br>> 1.7 / trunk and 1.8 are massively out of sync I'd guess.<br>> <br>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Julian Tenney<br>> <Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:<br>> > As long as we're close, we can manage it. Thanks.<br>> ><br>> > ________________________________<br>> > From: xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> > [xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan<br>> > [johnathan.kemp@ntlworld.com]<br>> > Sent: 29 February 2012 15:13<br>> ><br>> > To: For Xerte technical developers<br>> > Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release<br>> ><br>> > It may be a bit tight to get all the Connector pages done by then but I will<br>> > give it a go. If they arrive a few days later can I still sneak them in?<br>> ><br>> > Before I do any more on the routed pages I will finish off the work on the<br>> > existing templates now that the work on the xwd is finished.<br>> ><br>> > The biggest issue I can see is the one of passing the name value from the<br>> > xml data to be displayed as the page title and to populate the toc. Will<br>> > this all be done in the supporting swf files or will it be necessary to<br>> > alter the model files?<br>> ><br>> > Kind regards<br>> ><br>> > Johnathan<br>> ><br>> > On 29 February 2012 14:37, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk><br>> > wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> Hi,<br>> >><br>> >> I'd really like to get the next version done for 30th March, so I reckon<br>> >> that gives a little bit of time to add any new bits and pieces, and then,<br>> >> from Monday 5th March we concentrate on testing what's there and putting<br>> >> that straight. The testing needs to complete by around 23rd (or more or<br>> >> less) so we can start thinking about making the builds etc.<br>> >><br>> >> Is that OK with everyone?<br>> >><br>> >> As a heads up, after that we are going to be looking at developing the<br>> >> html5 runtime, for the next six months at least. We need to think hard about<br>> >> how to best manage any new functionality to the existing system whilst we<br>> >> develop that. I would like to put a line in the sand that says after this<br>> >> build, play_560 will have an example of every page template in it (this will<br>> >> be my contribution to the testing), and the html5 runtime will (eventually)<br>> >> handle every page type in the build. What's going to be hard is having<br>> >> people adding new templates whilst we try and replicate the functionality in<br>> >> the new stuff.<br>> >><br>> >> In the long term, we also need to give some more serious thought to the<br>> >> implications of where we are going, because at some point, the HTML5 runtime<br>> >> will become the primary delivery system, and we have to look to a future<br>> >> where xerte is not part of the toolkits ecosystem at all. Finger in the air,<br>> >> I'd say that's 18 months - 2 years away, but maybe less.<br>> >><br>> >> Once we get stuck into the new HTML5 stuff, we won't be looking to spend<br>> >> any time on the existing interface, accessibility, etc, but will deal with<br>> >> it all 'on the other side' as it were. After April I won't be looking to<br>> >> increase the number of templates in the main distribution.<br>> >><br>> >> One of the biggest challenges of all this is to come up with some sensible<br>> >> framework for the javascript / css etc that will make it easy for developers<br>> >> to add new templates in the future. I still anticipate the xwd driving the<br>> >> wizard form, and therefore some xml payload being delivered to your code -<br>> >> somehow - for you to use to drive your templates, but we haven't even<br>> >> started to really think about that just yet.<br>> >><br>> >> Thanks for all the work since September,<br>> >><br>> >> J<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: Tenney Julian<br>> >> Sent: 22 February 2012 13:04<br>> >> To: For Xerte technical developers<br>> >> Subject: RE: [Xerte-dev] Xerte 2.18 State of play<br>> >><br>> >> Thanks very much Jonathan, that's brilliant<br>> >> ________________________________________<br>> >> From: xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> [xerte-dev-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp Johnathan<br>> >> [johnathan.kemp@ntlworld.com]<br>> >> Sent: 22 February 2012 12:51<br>> >> To: Xerte Developers Discussion List<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Xerte 2.18 State of play<br>> >><br>> >> The setting of a time frame for the next release of Xerte certainly serves<br>> >> to focus the mind.<br>> >><br>> >> I have taken the liberty of trying to pull together a list of what I think<br>> >> still needs doing or deciding upon, and what has been agreed or completed. I<br>> >> am not trying to tread on anyones toes, or take over management of the<br>> >> project. I just want to be sure that everything is covered, that there are<br>> >> no misunderstandings or differences in expectation, so that the project<br>> >> delivers on time.<br>> >><br>> >> I will upload the list to the Xerte svn in the pageWizards folder as<br>> >> "Project State of Play.rtf" and have attached a copy here for convenience.<br>> >><br>> >> I am sure I will have missed somethings off the list, so please feel free<br>> >> to edit the version in the svn so that we can all keep up to date on<br>> >> progress.<br>> >><br>> >> As people complete things perhaps they could update the document<br>> >> accordingly in the svn.<br>> >><br>> >> Kind regards<br>> >><br>> >> Johnathan<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Xerte-dev mailing list<br>> >> Xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/xerte-dev<br>> >><br>> >> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and<br>> >> may contain confidential information. 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