Shoutbox

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!

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Originally posted by alexp2_ad
Check out this screenshot: http://www.neowin.net/staff/cashman/vist5321_3.jpg

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Direct link doesn't work, even on the NeoWin website it doesn't work

But the 2 other screens work though (u can c msn in the first one)

that link works fine for me.... and yes plus is running on it

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...

Well yeah, I just thought it was cool seeing plus running in vista.

is there any reason why plus! shouldnt work?! its the msn messenger version tht most compatability aims at...... windows generally is backward compatable...

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Originally posted by zaidgs
is there any reason why plus! shouldnt work?!

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Maybe some of all the hundreds of API's it uses?

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...