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

[Ron Mitchell]

Yes I guess that's true. But at the same time you have a Xerte community and
a lot of 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.

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
Sent: 27 July 2010 14:55
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available

 

I think if they have the same name, a lot of questions about porting will
exist, maybe a new name means less of this?

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 27 July 2010 14:46
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available

 

They are quite different beasts really, and I don't see Xerte 2 going
anywhere for a long time yet,

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 27 July 2010 14:42
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available

 

Yes true but being able to say "with Xerte even the pro version is free"
might be a positive message...

 

also if Xerte3 is ultimately to replace Xerte 2.x why change the name at
all? Just refer to older versions as Xerte1 and Xerte2

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
Sent: 27 July 2010 14:27
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available

 

I always adding pro on the end means "you have to pay for this one".

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 27 July 2010 14:23
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available

 

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?

 

Happy to get involved and help however I can.

 

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!

 

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 27 July 2010 13:48
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available

 

Hi,

 

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.

 

Windows:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/xerte3_installer.exe

 

Macintosh

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/xerte3_installer.dmg

 

You'll need the Air runtime installing on your machine:
http://get.adobe.com/air/

 

Many many thanks to Peter Huppertz for creating the Air build and bringing
you the Mac version.

 

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.

 

Thanks,

 

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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