Matthew Toseland wrote: > On Tuesday 10 November 2009 23:12:03 Zero3 wrote: >> Feedback for the website downloads page: >> >> "We strongly recommend you use the links on the start menu to shut down >> Freenet when you play computer games, and start it back up afterwards. >> We will implement a system tray icon for this in future." >> >> This is implemented now. >> >> "Freenet works best with Windows XP Professional. Freenet will run on >> Vista and Windows 7 but the uninstaller is not perfect on those systems." >> >> The wininstaller works smoothly on both XP and Vista now the beta has >> been rolled out. >> >> Windows 7 is *not* supported at this time. I've seen several Win7 bug >> reports, so until I have time to look at Win7 support we should >> discourage using Freenet on Win7. >> >> "You can access Freenet later on via the Browse Freenet icon on the >> desktop and your start menu. If the browser window isn't opened, " >> >> On Windows, the main method of accessing Freenet is now via the tray >> menu. Alternatively the start menu. We don't add a desktop shortcut by >> default any more. >> >> " for example because you used the headless installer" >> >> Most people won't know what a "headless installer" is. >> >> "Recommended: 1GHz or more processor with 512MB RAM or more (especially >> if using Windows XP)" >> >> As opposed to? Win2k? Vista? Win7? >> >> "Windows users can upgrade to the latest-stable Freenet release by >> clicking on "update.cmd" in the Freenet directory." >> >> On Windows, this is now implemented in the tray manager. > > So we probably need to split it up by OS? Or maybe not ... > > We do need to mention that on 64-bit Windows we use a 32-bit JVM which may > not be auto-updated, since this trips people up from time to time?
Until Linux and Mac has tray support, I guess we should split it up. Yea, if that is the case (i can't figure out what is up and down with this 32-bit vs. 64-bit stuff), we should mention that people with 64-bit Windows without Java will be offered to install a 32-bit Java. - Zero3 _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl