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Version 23.02 of Joseph Lee's add-ons wave 2: about to let go of nine add-ons in coming weeks #addonrelease

Joseph Lee
 
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Hi all,

Version 23.02 of the following add-ons are now being offered via Add-on Updater: Enhanced Touch Gestures, Event Tracker, GoldWave, Object Location Tones, ObjPad, Office Desk, Resource Monitor, Sound Splitter, StationPlaylist. These add-ons:

  • Require NVDA 2022.4 or later.
  • Will not install on Windows releases earlier than Windows 10 November 2021 Update (Version 21H2/build 19044).
  • Will be declared end of life soon as far as support from me is concerned.

 

IMPORTANT: the add-ons listed above are about to leave my add-on development laboratory i.e. ending maintenance. Version 23.02 will be the third to last release of these add-ons from me. As soon as NVDA 2023.1 beta 1 is released, I will release a compatibility update for my add-ons, and at least 30 days after that, I will release last versions of the add-ons listed and will declare them end of life from me.

I’m sure some might ask me to keep maintaining these add-ons if no-one steps up to maintain them. However, I’m about to enter a phase in my life where I need to let go of most NVDA community work or bow out of NVDA community outright, including maintaining most add-ons (will talk about exactly what that life phase is when the time is right). Therefore, once I end maintenance for the nine add-ons listed above, there is no going back. In the meantime, enjoy the new add-on releases.

Cheers,

Joseph
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When you say won't install, does this mean they will not be flagged if older versions exist, or just be rejected when you try to download and install them?

I use an older version of Goldwave anyway, so thins work fine as they are. I have my reasons, but on my newer machines things will of course be different.
Brian

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@...>
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2023 12:25 AM
Subject: [nvda] Version 23.02 of Joseph Lee's add-ons wave 2: about to let go of nine add-ons in coming weeks #AddonRelease


Hi all,

Version 23.02 of the following add-ons are now being offered via Add-on
Updater: Enhanced Touch Gestures, Event Tracker, GoldWave, Object Location
Tones, ObjPad, Office Desk, Resource Monitor, Sound Splitter,
StationPlaylist. There add-ons:

* Require NVDA 2022.4 or later.
* Will not install on Windows releases earlier than Windows 10
November 2021 Update (Version 21H2/build 19044).
* Will be declared end of life soon as far as support from me is
concerned.



IMPORTANT: the add-ons listed above are about to leave my add-on development
laboratory i.e. ending maintenance. Version 23.02 will be the third to last
release of these add-ons from me. As soon as NVDA 2023.1 beta 1 is released,
I will release a compatibility update for my add-ons, and at least 30 days
after that, I will release last versions of the add-ons listed and will
declare them end of life from me.

I'm sure some might ask me to keep maintaining these add-ons if no-one steps
up to maintain them. However, I'm about to enter a phase in my life where I
need to let go of most NVDA community work or bow out of NVDA community
outright, including maintaining most add-ons (will talk about exactly what
that life phase is when the time is right). Therefore, once I end
maintenance for the nine add-ons listed above, there is no going back. In
the meantime, enjoy the new add-on releases.

Cheers,

Joseph
Joseph Lee
 

Hi,

Depending on how you are downloading these add-ons:

  • Community ad-ons website (hopefuly soon): NVDA will present an error message.
  • Add-on Updater: updates will not be offered.

Cheers,

Joseph
farhan israk
 

Before ending support of the addons, I would request to teach the general community about addon development. I hope it would lead to someone come forward to hand over the responsibility of future development.


On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 6:10 PM Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@...> wrote:

[Edited Message Follows]

Hi all,

Version 23.02 of the following add-ons are now being offered via Add-on Updater: Enhanced Touch Gestures, Event Tracker, GoldWave, Object Location Tones, ObjPad, Office Desk, Resource Monitor, Sound Splitter, StationPlaylist. These add-ons:

  • Require NVDA 2022.4 or later.
  • Will not install on Windows releases earlier than Windows 10 November 2021 Update (Version 21H2/build 19044).
  • Will be declared end of life soon as far as support from me is concerned.

 

IMPORTANT: the add-ons listed above are about to leave my add-on development laboratory i.e. ending maintenance. Version 23.02 will be the third to last release of these add-ons from me. As soon as NVDA 2023.1 beta 1 is released, I will release a compatibility update for my add-ons, and at least 30 days after that, I will release last versions of the add-ons listed and will declare them end of life from me.

I’m sure some might ask me to keep maintaining these add-ons if no-one steps up to maintain them. However, I’m about to enter a phase in my life where I need to let go of most NVDA community work or bow out of NVDA community outright, including maintaining most add-ons (will talk about exactly what that life phase is when the time is right). Therefore, once I end maintenance for the nine add-ons listed above, there is no going back. In the meantime, enjoy the new add-on releases.

Cheers,

Joseph
Joseph Lee
 

Hi,

A document does exist that introduces folks to add-on development: https://github.com/nvdaaddons/DevGuide/wiki/NVDA-Add-on-Development-Guide

We need to remember that add-on development is not for everyone. It is fine to give an overview here, but for a more specialized discussion around add-on development, a dedicated forum such as add-ons list is better suited for it.

Cheers,

Joseph
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