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

[Julian Tenney]

What do others think?

 

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 15:29
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available

 

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
To: Xerte discussion list
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
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
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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