Like the post! PS. There seems to be a typo. I think it must be 'in IE9 on Windows Phone' instead of 'in IE7'.
Untouchable "Touch events, and even mouse events were not supported in IE7." Thx! Sergey -----Original Message----- From: Jesse [mailto:purplecabb...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 5:51 AM To: dev@cordova.apache.org Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform My blog post is here: http://www.risingj.com/archives/585 Please have a look and make any suggestions before I syndicate ... Cheers, Jesse @purplecabbage risingj.com On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am considering this to have passed. > > Writing up a blog post about it, as well as adding the deprecation > notice to WP7. > > @purplecabbage > risingj.com > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Olivier Bloch (MS OPEN TECH) < > obl...@microsoft.com> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> I think it is ok to deprecate WP7 considering WP developers already >> have to decide dropping WP7 support for their apps when using WP8 >> specific features. Also devs can still count on earlier versions of >> Cordova to deploy their apps to WP7. >> >> That will certainly give the great team working on WP support the >> opportunity to spend more time on WP8. (I can hear Jesse and Sergey >> cheering from here... :-)) >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Olivier Bloch >> Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dick Van den Brink [mailto:d_vandenbr...@outlook.com] >> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:48 PM >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org >> Subject: RE: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform >> >> +1 >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> ________________________________ >> From: Michael Brooks<mailto:mich...@michaelbrooks.ca> >> Sent: 11/18/2013 23:54 >> >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org<mailto:dev@cordova.apache.org> >> Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform >> >> +1 >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >> >> > +1 >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:53 PM, RUDD, Brett <brettr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > +1 >> > > >> > > >> > > -Brett >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Herm Wong >> > > <kingoftheo...@hotmail.com >> > > >wrote: >> > > >> > > > +1 >> > > > >> > > > > Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:00:27 -0800 >> > > > > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform >> > > > > From: lorin.beer....@gmail.com >> > > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org >> > > > > >> > > > > +1 >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) < >> > > > > v-seg...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > +1 >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Some interesting usage statistics: >> > > > > > >> > > > >> > http://blog.adduplex.com/2013/09/adduplex-windows-phone-statistics. >> > htm >> > l >> > > > > > >> > > > > > -Sergey >> > > > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > > > From: Steven Gill [mailto:stevengil...@gmail.com] >> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:42 AM >> > > > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org >> > > > > > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform >> > > > > > >> > > > > > +1 >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Jesse >> > > > > > <purplecabb...@gmail.com> >> > > > wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > I would like to add a deprecation notice to WP7, so we >> > > > > > > can move forward with one platform for Windows Phone. >> > > > > > > Windows Phone 8 has been available for over a year, and >> > > > > > > mostly >> > > taken >> > > > > > > over for WP7. >> > > > > > > WP7 devices are currently still available, mostly as an >> > inexpensive >> > > > > > > way to get a windows phone. >> > > > > > > The WP8 Lumia 520 has made considerable impact as a low >> > > > > > > cost >> > > > > > > WP8 device, and Nokia is expected to stop selling WP7 >> > > > > > > devices >> > shortly. >> > > > > > > Our ~6 month deprecation windows would put us at May of >> > > > > > > 2014 for officially dropping support. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > The upgrade path for converting your WP7 Cordova app to >> > > > > > > WP8 >> > Cordova >> > > > is >> > > > > > > trivial, with the exception that it requires updated tools. >> > > > > > > WP8 >> > > app >> > > > > > > dev requires Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012. ( WP7 >> > > > > > > required >> > > Windows >> > > > > > > 7 + >> > > > > > > VS-2010 + Zune ) >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > @purplecabbage >> > > > > > > risingj.com >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >
