[Tapper-develop] Hello

[Wayne W. <wa...@co...>]

Hello,

After talking with Greg, I'm in.  Here are a couple of thoughts I have, =
perhaps to spark a discussion:

1)  May I propose that as a goal all intermediate representations be in =
XML?  There may be others, such as the original Tapper format, but I =
think it would have to be supported.  I recommend that a user's =
preferences be stored as XML rather than the other format (whose name =
escapes me) simply because it can handle hierarchical structures.

2) When scale and chord dictionaries are developed, then they can be =
make available via the web.  The application should be web-aware: this =
could be as simple as adding an FTP client to up- and download from a =
site, or as complex as HTTP streaming from a web server. I favor the =
former, but may see the need for the latter at some time.

3) Microsoft, et al.  Even though we will be providing source code, =
Visual J++ can compile Java into executables which we can supply to =
others.  I have no personal experience with Visual J++, but it would =
seem that it would be an advantage to users who don't want to have to =
install the JRE.

4) We will be supporting the Stick bass, Stick 8 and NS/Stick, I =
presume?  So we would have to support single courses of 8 strings as two =
courses of 6 or 10.

As for me, I am a Sun Certified Developer for Java.  Since I became =
certified, though, I've been working on a lot of Microsoft C++ and VB =
projects and my Java's starting to show some rust.  This is an =
excellent, well-timed project for me.  Thanks for allowing me to =
participate.

Wayne Wylupski