Entice Designer 0.8.2 release

[Bill Baxter]

Daniel Keep wrote:
> 
> Saaa wrote:
>> Are even programmers against vista?
>> Is it because of the price? Or maybe you think it isn't necessary?
>> You must understand that the real features of vista which are interesting 
>> can't be shown in general commercials, right?
>>
>> No that I'm a fan.. I don't even run it but I could get excited when I get 
>> my new computer.
>>
>> http://manodesign.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1pRsSVBaAuwgFSti-clSJ6Ng!362.entry
>> DirectX 10 , software sound approach
>>
>> I  am just interested in the why it is that bad that you think because of it 
>> to switch?
>>
>>
>> "Bill Baxter" <dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote in message 
>> news:f0gv1a$2jtf$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>> freeagle wrote:
>>>> Charlie wrote:
>>>>> DFL and Entice are really under-appreciated IMO , an awesome piece of 
>>>>> work.
>>>> I think this is because the project is hosted at www.dprogramming.com. 
>>>> I'm not saying there's anything bad about it, but I think that first, and 
>>>> probably the last, stop for any beginning D programmer is 
>>>> www.dsource.org. That's why projects at dprogramming don't receive much 
>>>> attention.
>>> It looks like a very nice project, but I think the fact that it's 
>>> Windows-only is the reason for lack of widespread adoption.  Heck I'm a 
>>> Windows-only user but I won't touch Windows-only libraries.  I value my 
>>> own freedom to switch platforms at will too much, especially these days 
>>> with Vista breathing uncomfortably down my neck.   I also value the 
>>> ability to share with friends who don't use Windows.  So I never really 
>>> gave DFL a second look.
>>>
>>> --bb 
> 
> Warning: rant follows.
> Summary: Vista sucks.
> 
> I don't know about Bill, but I'm never going to be installing Vista for
> a lot of reasons.

I'm not nearly as opposed to Vista as you seem to be, but I will say I 
run XP with the "Classic Theme" because I'm not really into glitzy title 
bars sucking up all my resources and draining my battery life.

I don't know much about the DRM stuff in Vista, but all the buzz is that 
it's terrible and going to eat your babies.  I don't know about that, 
but it's pretty clear that at best it does *nothing* to make my 
experience as a user better.

But the thing that really pissed me off about Vista was their 
announcement early on that OpenGL was going to be a second class 
citizen.  Apparently it's been fixed due to the *vehement* complaints 
from users and vendors alike.  But that's the kind of crap Microsoft is 
always trying to pull.  They were telling everyone "So sorry, but it's 
technically impossible for OpenGL to work the way it does in XP.  Please 
use DX10 from now on." Apparently it wasn't as impossible as they 
claimed, and I'm still wary.

--bb