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Started By Diceis, Mar 30 2012 07:42 PM

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Poll: Home Server Show Metro App (18 member(s) have cast votes)

Will there be or should there be a Home Server Show Metro App ?

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#1 Diceis

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Posted 30 March 2012 - 07:42 PM

What do you think ?
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#2 ikon

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Posted 30 March 2012 - 07:58 PM

what are you thinking it would do?

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#3 HSS-Dave

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Posted 30 March 2012 - 08:52 PM

and who would do it?

I don't have one laying round at the moment. <_<
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Posted 31 March 2012 - 03:20 AM

what's in your wallet?
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#5 G. WadeTech

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Posted 31 March 2012 - 05:02 AM

I have been thinking about this for a while now as well. I was very surprised to see this post. I am glad that I am not the only one thinking about this. I am currently trying to get over some hurdles with my current project and would be happy to help or whatever on this project as needed. Let me know.
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#6 G. WadeTech

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Posted 31 March 2012 - 06:32 AM

I was thinking the site in a Metro wrapper and a separate wrapper/app for the Live feed... those are just my thoughts.

Edited by G. WadeTech, 31 March 2012 - 06:32 AM.

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#7 Diceis

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Posted 31 March 2012 - 08:44 AM

I really like the sound of it. Personally I love the idea of Win 8, but not as my main computer (yet).

Im going to keep my current setups and get a Win 8 tab for all my social gateway, it would be great to have a WHS/HSS app on there.

If enough people were interested then we could do a brainstorm to see what people would like to see on there.

If I could create an app id do it lol, but unfortunatly I cant :-(


I would be happy to help or whatever on this project as needed. Let me know.

I would try to help too :ph34r:
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#8 G. WadeTech

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 09:30 PM

I think this would be a great community project and a pilot to see how it would go... make it open source or something so we all have access to the code and the project stays organized. What do you think?
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#9 HSS-Dave

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Posted 25 April 2012 - 09:42 PM

If you guys need resources let me know. I can setup something here in the forums for you or whatever you need.
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Posted 26 April 2012 - 04:11 AM

Discovered last night we need a HSS Chat app for the ipad :)
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#11 G. WadeTech

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 05:14 AM

Design:

Are we thinking of a simplistic App where the Metro app is a link to the website in the Metro version of IE? One for the main site (homeservershow.com) and one to the forums (homeservershow.com/forums)?
Or are we thinking of a full Metro wrapper around the site within the application?
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#12 G. WadeTech

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 08:29 AM

Things that we need if this is going to be a community developed application:
  • common file storage (like: Source Safe or TFS)
  • design space
  • requirements
  • progress tracking?
  • bug tracking
  • ?
What are you thoughts around this? Should we start this project up in codeplex or something similar to start?
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#13 G. WadeTech

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Posted 30 May 2012 - 02:10 PM

Also, we will need to decide what code base we are going to use: VB, C# or C++
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 08:43 PM

I downloaded the RP of Win8 the second it was available and kept this idea in my thoughts as I have been using RP. I am thinking something like the Tom's Hardware Metro Application... what are your thoughts Dave? We are going to need your support and probably some webpage code if we are going to try to do this.
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 08:37 AM

110% onboard.

If you want to use the forums somehow I can provide that. There is a project tracking module I can look at setting up for you. I can also fund what you need to get it rolling and published. Gather your group and message me. You guys rock.
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#16 G. WadeTech

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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:57 PM

I would like to get a feel for how many people would like to be a part of this. Maybe a mention on the podcast to see what we get for responses if people would use the application(s). I would like to try out the project tracking module to see if it would work. There are many steps to something like this and we will defiantly need a good way to track the steps and progress that is being made. I have been doing a pretty heavy look into what is needed for development and I am reading through the docs. I am a bit let down already because of the use of *.psd files for the templates which only really open in Adobe Photoshop... for get that MS. It should be a MS Blend 4 project to view and work the templates. Enough ranting... Let me know what you think is doable. Thanks Dave.
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#17 G. WadeTech

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 05:45 AM

So, I have not had a lot of time to start looking into this but the couple of hours that I have put in I think that we may be able to utilize the RSS XML with some HTML/JavaScript wrappers to create the Metro App.
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:07 PM

If you are interested in this project take a look at this article to get a good understanding about taking a webpage (HSS) and creating a Metro application for Windows 8.

http://msdn.microsof...s/hh868264.aspx

Edited by G. WadeTech, 14 July 2012 - 08:07 PM.

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