Re: [Coapp-developers] CoApp Design & Development Summit.

2010-04-23 Thread Rivera, Rafael
Hey Garrett, - Can you prep. like a CoApp 101 for a refresher in the morning? It may be awfully boring, but I think it's good to solidify the foundation before building on top of it :) /rafael On 4/22/2010 11:09 AM, Garrett Serack wrote: > > Rest assured, absolutely everything will be published.

Re: [Coapp-developers] Idea: Providing a generic user interface for configuring applications

2010-04-23 Thread Garrett Serack
Yep. 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. -Original Message- From: Pierre Joye [mailto:pierre@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 1:48 PM To: Garrett Serack Cc:

Re: [Coapp-developers] Idea: Providing a generic user interface for configuring applications

2010-04-23 Thread Pierre Joye
hi Garrett, Ok, if I get it correctly it is about providing a common interface so CoApp applications can be configured via MMC, via plugins to generate the desired final configuration data (whatever the apps use), correct? Cheers, On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Garrett Serack wrote: > No. > >

Re: [Coapp-developers] Idea: Providing a generic user interface for configuring applications

2010-04-23 Thread Garrett Serack
No. I never mentioned "Forcing" I'm filling a void created when I decided that *Installation* should not be conflated with *Configuration* (as is typical with today's MSI installers) By removing the option for package creators to pop up a window for configuration, a consumer would be left to

Re: [Coapp-developers] Idea: Providing a generic user interface for configuring applications

2010-04-23 Thread Pierre Joye
hi, What's the goal exactly here? Trying to force apps to use a given configuration model or something different specific to the CoApp tools? ps: it would rock if you could use text email only On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Garrett Serack wrote: > Well, I was thinking XML as a validate-able