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

[Mark Gray]

My inclination is to go with something like XertePro. Seems a shame to lose the kudos gained so far for xerte. I guess my confusion as a novice user has been the difference between the online toolkits and the 'developer' version. I understand they are different as I've managed to produce useful stuff with xertetoolkits but have so not really managed with xerte itself as my understanding of actionscript and the logic of xerte is shall we say minimal. I guess any name that creates clarity around the difference between xerteonline toolkits and xerte itself would be useful as it can quickly get a bit confusing if the user thinks they are similar. 

Mark

On 27 Jul 2010, at 16:07, Julian Tenney wrote:

> What do others think?
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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
> Sent: 27 July 2010 15:29
> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available
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> 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.
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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
> Sent: 27 July 2010 14:55
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available
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> I think if they have the same name, a lot of questions about porting will exist, 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
> Sent: 27 July 2010 14:46
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available
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> They 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
> Sent: 27 July 2010 14:42
> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
> 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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> 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
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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
> Sent: 27 July 2010 14:27
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] ANN: Xerte 3 Windows and Mac versions now available
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> I always adding pro on the end means “you have to pay for this one”.
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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
> Sent: 27 July 2010 14:23
> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
> 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
> Sent: 27 July 2010 13:48
> To: Xerte discussion list
> 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:
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/xerte3_installer.exe
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> Macintosh
> 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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