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Plus Works Great In Vista... by alexp2_ad on 10-09-2005 at 01:33 PM
Check out this screenshot: http://www.neowin.net/staff/cashman/vist5321_3.jpg
It's from this neowin article on a leaked build of vista: http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=30941&category=main
And it clearly shows plus running on vista! W00t! 
RE: Plus Works Great In Vista... by DragonX on 10-09-2005 at 01:42 PM
quote:Direct link doesn't work, even on the NeoWin website it doesn't work
Originally posted by alexp2_ad
Check out this screenshot: http://www.neowin.net/staff/cashman/vist5321_3.jpg
But the 2 other screens work though (u can c msn in the first one)
RE: Plus Works Great In Vista... by mwe99 on 10-09-2005 at 02:22 PM
that link works fine for me.... and yes plus is running on it
RE: Plus Works Great In Vista... by CookieRevised on 10-09-2005 at 02:30 PM
It is certainly not if the Plus! menu is there and the two icons in the convo window that "Plus! works great in Vista"!
There is much more to it and putting a menu item and adding some icons is only basic functionality by using API's which also exist in Vista. There are a lot more things which let Plus! tick than only those two things and a lot of compatibily issues could be at hand...
It can _not_ be determined if a program works on an OS by just some very standard basic looks it may produce. There is no way you can say "Plus! works great in vista" by just seeing that screenshot...
RE: Plus Works Great In Vista... by alexp2_ad on 10-09-2005 at 09:39 PM
Well yeah, I just thought it was cool seeing plus running in vista.
RE: Plus Works Great In Vista... by zaidgs on 10-09-2005 at 10:32 PM
is there any reason why plus! shouldnt work?! its the msn messenger version tht most compatability aims at...... windows generally is backward compatable...
RE: Plus Works Great In Vista... by CookieRevised on 10-10-2005 at 12:28 AM
quote:Maybe some of all the hundreds of API's it uses?
Originally posted by zaidgs
is there any reason why plus! shouldnt work?!
Windows Vista is based upon a totally different architecture and thus backward compatibility isn't assure for everything.
This is just the same as XP/NT isn't totally 100% compatible with 95... eg: With making a 16-bit program on XP you must be very carefull in choosing your API's and be carefull to explicitly make everything compatible. You can not simply assume everything is backwards compatible as it is certainly not. It all depends on what API's and what not you've used...
Even compatibily issue can arise between OS's of (almost) the same platform. Eg: some API's behave differently on 2K than on ME, or on XP, etc... Others have some small bugs in them on different versions... Other don't fully support what is otherwise supported on a specific version, etc... etc...
You'll quickly notice this if you browse thru the MSDN library...