U3 apps and rev

[Peter T. Evensen]

I do remember him saying that.  I was wondering the utility, since you 
can't save to a device that isn't there.

Since the Launchpad has an Eject button, I was wondering if it only gave 
notification of you click that button.

BTW, I just tried a test with the RunRev U3 Prototyper, and if you "Install 
from my computer" a .u3p, it appears on the Launchpad.

At 03:47 PM 6/27/2006, you wrote:
>Peter T. Evensen wrote:
>
>>Is it really "hot unplugging shutdown" or do you only get the shutdown 
>>messages when you choose eject from the U3 menu?
>
>The gentleman from U3 at RevCon, Nathan Gold, gave a very polished 
>presentation of the "smart" drives, which included a demonstration of this 
>notification in action -- it is indeed sent when the device is removed, 
>provided your application has been written to respond to the message.
>
>While it's handy to have that notification, I can see only two real-world 
>uses for it:
>
>- Unique to U3: If you need to leave a machine immediately, you can have 
>apps shut down instantly.  The downside to this of course is that you'd 
>lose any data in memory, but you would have an instant exit.
>
>- Not unique to U3: Your app can advise the user that they need to 
>re-insert the device in order to save their data.  While convenient to 
>provide that notice at the time the drive is removed, you can also provide 
>that notice in any app running from any removable media when a Save is 
>attempted and the volume is no longer present.
>
>The "U4" initiative (which aims to provide a helpful subset of U3 
>behaviors for all removable drives) encourages the latter at a minimum, 
>and may include a polling mechanism to provide the former as well:
><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/U4-Group/>
>
>"U4" attempts to put the "Universal" back in "USB". :)
>

Peter T. Evensen
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