Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: drivers DB and id/ info registration | From | Zenaan Harkness <> | Date | Wed, 26 May 2004 22:07:17 +1000 |
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On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 21:35, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Op wo 26-05-2004, om 12:07 schreef Zenaan Harkness: > > I develop widget X. > > > > I contact microsoft and have X incorporated into windows. > > Rotfl.
OK, bad assumption.
The only reason I say that is that so many devices work "seamlessly" with MSW*
- recently I read a review on the X-Arcade retro joystick controllers (those heavy "for cabinets and MAME" things). The reviewer just plugged it in and Windows literally popped up with a dialog telling the "end user recognizable" name of the device.
- a year or so back, my brother bought a "blue eye" USB external 2.5" HDD (really nice looking thing) and on his XP box it auto added a new drive (E: or whatever). Seamless.
So how come devices tend to just plug and play when used with Windows (USB HDDs, audi cards, logitec gear)?
Will a "visible"/ centralized location where manufacturers can submit info on their devices (for free software kernels) help to get us closer to the "front line" of device support?
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