Technology - Window-eyes and Vista
I found this bit of info that maybe of interest to window-eyes users. Posted on a mailing list by Doug Geoffray:
As I am typing this I'm currently at 35,000 feet flying back to Microsoft
for the second week of working very closely
with the key teams of Vista to guarantee that Window-Eyes will fully support
it when it is launched later this year. Along with myself two of our
engineers spent all of last week and again all this week working there.
Because I'm under a non disclosure agreement at this time I can't get into
the details but rest assure we are working very hard to make sure that
Window-Eyes 6.0 will work out of the box with Vista.
Although Window-Eyes 5.5 had preliminary support for Vista when using XPDM
(meaning using XP video drivers) there were still many issues. Meaning if
you want Vista support you will need Window-Eyes 6.0. We hope to support
both XPDM (XP video drivers) and LDDM (Vista video drivers). Both modes are
very
different from each other. XPDM will still use DCM (Display chain manager)
where the Vista drivers will be using different technology which is better
designed for the future in mind. Again, more information will be coming as
the year progresses. But as it stands now Window-Eyes 6.0 and Vista are on
track <smile>.
As I am typing this I'm currently at 35,000 feet flying back to Microsoft
for the second week of working very closely
with the key teams of Vista to guarantee that Window-Eyes will fully support
it when it is launched later this year. Along with myself two of our
engineers spent all of last week and again all this week working there.
Because I'm under a non disclosure agreement at this time I can't get into
the details but rest assure we are working very hard to make sure that
Window-Eyes 6.0 will work out of the box with Vista.
Although Window-Eyes 5.5 had preliminary support for Vista when using XPDM
(meaning using XP video drivers) there were still many issues. Meaning if
you want Vista support you will need Window-Eyes 6.0. We hope to support
both XPDM (XP video drivers) and LDDM (Vista video drivers). Both modes are
very
different from each other. XPDM will still use DCM (Display chain manager)
where the Vista drivers will be using different technology which is better
designed for the future in mind. Again, more information will be coming as
the year progresses. But as it stands now Window-Eyes 6.0 and Vista are on
track <smile>.

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