[Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available

[Paul Swanson]

XerteMX (might have copyright issues)

Just no Xerte ME please!

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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:11 AM
> To: Xerte list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now
> available
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> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now
> available
> > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:07:08 +0100
> > From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> > To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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> > From:
> > xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron
> Mitchell
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> > Sent: 27 July 2010 15:29
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> > To: 'Xerte discussion list'
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> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now
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> > Yes I
> > guess that's true. But at the same time you have a Xerte community
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> > people who have heard of Xerte and the Xerte range of tools and
> associate that
> > name with University of Nottingham. Ok Xpert is a different name I
> guess but
> > I'd stick with Xerte as a prefix even if you change from Xerte3.
> Perhaps
> > XerteDevelop or XerteAir or XertePro e.g. the Xerte suite of tools,
> old and
> > new, rather than a completely new name.
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> > From:
> > xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
> > Lockley
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> > Sent: 27 July 2010 14:55
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> > To: Xerte discussion list
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> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now
> available
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> > maybe a new name means less of this?
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> > From:
> > xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
> > On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
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> > Sent: 27 July 2010 14:46
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> > To: Xerte discussion list
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> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now
> available
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> > are quite different beasts really, and I don't see Xerte 2 going
> anywhere for a
> > long time yet,
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> > From:
> > xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron
> Mitchell
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> > Sent: 27 July 2010 14:42
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> > To: 'Xerte discussion list'
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> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now
> available
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> > Yes
> > true but being able to say "with Xerte even the pro version is free"
> > might be a positive message...
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> > if Xerte3 is ultimately to replace Xerte 2.x why change the name at
> all? Just
> > refer to older versions as Xerte1 and Xerte2
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> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick
> > Lockley
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> > Sent: 27 July 2010 14:27
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> > To: Xerte discussion list
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> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now
> available
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> > From:
> > xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron
> Mitchell
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> > Sent: 27 July 2010 14:23
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> > To: 'Xerte discussion list'
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> > Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now
> available
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> > Not
> > so sure you should change the name especially if you are looking to
> add the
> > wizards and templates at some point. What about XertePro or
> XerteProfessional?
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> > Happy
> > to get involved and help however I can.
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> > Thanks
> > to all involved for the latest versions - will have to try the Mac
> version at
> > some point - in fact maybe at the Apple event I'm attending
tomorrow!
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> > From:
> > xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
> bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk]
> > On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
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> > Sent: 27 July 2010 13:48
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> > To: Xerte discussion list
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> > Subject: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available
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> > Hi,
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> > Xerte 3 is now a cross platform
> > application, with versions for Windows and Mac. You can download the
> latest
> > beta from the links below. Please feed in any issues, bugs, feature
> requests or
> > ideas.
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> > Windows:
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> > http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/xerte3_installer.exe
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> > http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/xerte3_installer.dmg
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> > You'll need the Air runtime
> > installing on your machine: http://get.adobe.com/air/
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> > Many many thanks to Peter
> > Huppertz for creating the Air build and bringing you the Mac
version.
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> > If you want to get involved in
> > the project: whether testing, fixing, coding new features or writing
> tutorials
> > and documentation, now would be a great time to pipe up. The project
> is on
> > track to complete version 1.0 by Christmas, and you can expect at
> least monthly
> > updates to the beta between now and then. The largest piece of
> outstanding work
> > is to implement the wizards and templates, and to integrate the
> editor
> > into Xerte Online Toolkits. Consider 'Xerte3' a working title for
> now, as I
> > think we should give the software a different name and distinguish
it
> from the
> > existing Xerte and Xerte Online Toolkits. Ideas are welcome: I'm
> looking for a
> > word beginning with 'X' that returns very few google results...
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