RE: Other upcoming updates and new apps

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oooh - pretty pictures ;)

Looks good :)

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of James Traynor
> Sent: 20 April 2005 01:35
> To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [xap_automation] Other upcoming updates and new apps
>
>
> Along with the new Switchboard and Outlook updates, there are some
other
> updates and new apps waiting for release. Hopefully I should get most
of
> them out in the next week.
>
> xAP Desktop 1
> Time to desktop out of beta! The scripting has been extended to
include
> even more functions. Tray balloon support and an improved image
> downloader.
>
> xAP Ping 3
> A massive update on the existing ping. Now part of the xAP intranet,
> Ping can monitor devices by pinging, TCP checks for services like
> smtp,ssh,pop3 etc and HTTP checks by downloading a webpage either
> directly or through a proxy. All results are sent over xAP and
displayed
> clearly on a web page. It can also take an image of your site/building
> and overlay the results of the test. So instead of getting long tables
> of devices and results you can use a site plan or photo and see things
> in a very simple way.
>
> xAP Intranet OCX
> Intranet apps link together sharing RSS feeds and providing links to
> each other. For the user this is all automatic and works in a very
> simple building block fashion. For the developer thing are more
> complicated as the app needs both a xAP system and a webserver. The
> Intranet OCX makes developing intranet apps very simple, about 12
lines
> of code is all thats needed for a full app! It's just as easy to make
> complicated apps with it too, xAP Ping 3 is an example of this.
>
> xAP Touchscreen
> Touchscreen can be thought of as an alternative to xAP Desktop but
> instead of small floating windows with in a desktop it is designed for
> full screen and touch screen use. It's centrally managed with all
> display loading and control done from a central app and it also uses
> virtually the same templates as xAP Desktop so you can load up Desktop
> display with only minor changes. Below are a few  screen shots to give
> you an example of what it looks like:
> http://www.mi4.biz/images/xap/ts/tsping.jpg
> http://www.mi4.biz/images/xap/ts/TSCAM1jpg.jpg
> http://www.mi4.biz/images/xap/ts/osc.jpg
> Touchscreen is designed to run on limited hardware. It does run on a
> Fujitsu p510 and cheap pentium POS touchscreen units, pretty much
> anything with win98+. In addition to the displays you have seen with
> Desktop, Touchscreen can have embedded web pages and large on screen
> keyboards (osc.jpg) and the whole thing is designed for navigation by
> touch, not fiddly mouse clicks!
>
> The HomeSeer plugin and xAP TV also have new versions on the way with
> many new features
>
> So as you can see things here are not at all quiet, in fact it's
rather
> busy!
>
> James
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