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<div><br></div><div>You were frightened by a <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">seismologist when you were young?</span></div><div><br></div><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:32:49 +0000<br>> From: patrick.lockley@googlemail.com<br>> To: xerte-dev@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: Next Release<br>> <br>> Yes, to seismologists.<br>> <br>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Would you keep selling caves on the San Andreas fault if you knew an<br>> > earthquake was imminent?<br>> > ;-)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> 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 I think more I was saying, nothing is obsolete, you could live in a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<br>> >> > 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<br>> >> > 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<br>> >> > 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<br>> >> > <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<br>> >> >> reckon<br>> >> >> that gives a little bit of time to add any new bits and pieces, and<br>> >> >> then,<br>> >> >> from Monday 5th March we concentrate on testing what's there and<br>> >> >> 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<br>> >> >> about<br>> >> >> how to best manage any new functionality to the existing system whilst<br>> >> >> we<br>> >> >> develop that. I would like to put a line in the sand that says after<br>> >> >> this<br>> >> >> build, play_560 will have an example of every page template in it (this<br>> >> >> will<br>> >> >> be my contribution to the testing), and the html5 runtime will<br>> >> >> (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<br>> >> >> 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<br>> >> >> runtime<br>> >> >> will become the primary delivery system, and we have to look to a<br>> >> >> future<br>> >> >> where xerte is not part of the toolkits ecosystem at all. Finger in the<br>> >> >> 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<br>> >> >> spend<br>> >> >> any time on the existing interface, accessibility, etc, but will deal<br>> >> >> with<br>> >> >> it all 'on the other side' as it were. After April I won't be looking<br>> >> >> 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<br>> >> >> sensible<br>> >> >> framework for the javascript / css etc that will make it easy for<br>> >> >> developers<br>> >> >> to add new templates in the future. I still anticipate the xwd driving<br>> >> >> the<br>> >> >> wizard form, and therefore some xml payload being delivered to your<br>> >> >> 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<br>> >> >> serves<br>> >> >> to focus the mind.<br>> >> >><br>> >> >> I have taken the liberty of trying to pull together a list of what I<br>> >> >> think<br>> >> >> still needs doing or deciding upon, and what has been agreed or<br>> >> >> 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<br>> >> >> 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<br>> >> >> convenience.<br>> >> >><br>> >> >> I am sure I will have missed somethings off the list, so please feel<br>> >> >> 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<br>> >> >> and<br>> >> >> may contain confidential information. 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