Now you've done pissed off Thunderbird. It thinks your last email was a scam. Personally, I'm on the fence.
/rafael On 4/22/2010 6:46 PM, Garrett Serack wrote: > > LOL > > > > Well, I was thinking XML as a validate-able data format. I didn't > actually have a plan. .INI file? > > > > I'd like to avoid the wizard concept... I think it's less convenient. > Tabs, ok, wizard... yik > > > > I figured if it supported JavaScript or something, there could a > moderate level of customization without significant effort. > > > > Plus, I think I'm going to have JavaScript embedded somewhere in here > anyway (in the PGO automation tool); probably in the form of IronJS > (http://github.com/fholm/IronJS) > > > > G > > > > *Garrett* *Serack* | Open Source Software Developer | *Microsoft > Corporation * > > */I don't make the software you use; I make the software you use > better on Windows./* > > > > *From:* Ritchie Annand [mailto:wakarima...@shaw.ca] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:38 AM > *To:* Garrett Serack > *Cc:* coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > *Subject:* Re: [Coapp-developers] Idea: Providing a generic user > interface for configuring applications > > > > Wait, /WinForms/? :) > > What sort of configuration abilities are you looking for? Are you > thinking more about a hierarchy of properties (akin to an XML file) or > something a little more process-oriented (tasks/wizards)? > > If you're looking to have it like an XML sort of hierarchy, do the > nodes need to be unique? Just asking, because I put together a > Configuration framework piece a while back (no UI) and one of the > issues was that if you wanted to support database or registry, then > you had to avoid XML's ability to have multiple nodes of the same name. > > A mildly generic snap-in sounds like fun. > > What would the JavaScript be used for? > > --=- Ritchie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Garrett Serack <garre...@microsoft.com> > Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:45 am > Subject: [Coapp-developers] Idea: Providing a generic user interface > for configuring applications > To: "coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net" > <coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > > (this may be something we'll look at a few months down the road) > > > > CoApp conformant packages are can not interact with the user at > > install time. > > > > However, after installation, a user will want to configure an > > application, and perhaps there should be a simplified method to > > building a common User Interface for configuring them, rather > > than relying on users to edit text files manually, or play > > around registry keys, etc. > > > > And, now that I think about it, it would help with remote > > administration if it all hooked up like a mmc snapin. > > > > It appears that MMC 3.0 supports a .NET Winforms model for > > building snapins. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en- > > us/library/ms692744%28v=VS.85%29.aspx > > I've got a really cool idea percolating in my head... kindof a > > mildly generic snapin that can expose simple configuration > > concepts via an xml file (+Javascript?) so that app publishers > > can leverage a very consistent UI for configuring everything. > > > > Plus, this makes it all easy to remotely configure CoApp- > > installed applications on remote machines. > > > > [Description: fearthecowboy]<http://fearthecowboy.com/> > > > > Garrett Serack | Microsoft's Open Source Software Developer | > > Microsoft Corporation > > Office:(425)706- > > 7939 email/messenger: > garre...@microsoft.com<mailto:garre...@microsoft.com > <mailto:garre...@microsoft.com%3cmailto:garre...@microsoft.com>> > > blog: > > http://fearthecowboy.com<http://fearthecowboy.com/ > <http://fearthecowboy.com%3chttp:/fearthecowboy.com/>> > > twitter: @fearthecowboy<http://twitter.com/fearthecowboy> > > > > I don't make the software you use; I make the software you use > > better on Windows. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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