Re: Dashboard Tutorials/ Guides

FROM : David Jeffery
DATE : Thu Dec 23 20:53:14 2004

Plus, it wouldn't matter if you got the docs on how to build Dashboard
widgets, since you'd still need Tiger to put it to any use (and you can
only get Tiger by having a seed key).

I agree with Charlton; Select membership is worthwhile.  Even if you
don't plan on getting new hardware anytime soon, you could still think
of it as really being a lot less than the $500 US price, because you'd
get the Tiger retail version once it's ready.  Plus you'd get to play
with cool stuff between now and then.  I've temporarily let my own
Select membership lapse a month ago (of course, I made sure to buy my
new computer first!) and I've been missing it already.  Planning on
fixing that situation someday soon...

David

On Dec 22, 2004, at 23:13, Charlton Wilbur wrote:

>
> On Dec 23, 2004, at 1:34 AM, Phil wrote:
>

>> On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:39:26 +0100, Masterdot
>> <<email_removed>> wrote:

>>> p.s.: the info provided on the dashboard info page is a bit short...
>>> and
>>> i do not want something that could break my neck... if beeing a seed
>>> developer is the only way to test and develope, then i will have to
>>> wait
>>> until tiger release...

>>
>> Due to NDA restrictions, the only way is to either use the developer
>> info on the ADC site as it is, or wait until Tiger comes out.

>
> Unless Apple releases more development information without requiring
> an NDA, that's the way it is.  One hopes that if they want to
> encourage third-party developers outside the current Apple development
> community, they'd release more information.
>
> That said, if you're planning to purchase a new Mac system in the next
> year, the lowest level of membership (Select?) will you access to
> Tiger pre-release builds and one hardware discount purchase -- and
> it's easy to make up the cost of the membership with the money you
> save on the hardware purchase.
>
> Charlton
>
>
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> Charlton Wilbur
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