<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBTHOMP%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBTHOMP%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CBTHOMP%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>  </style> <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, everyone, for your interest in libdlo.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">We’re going to be making enhancements over time to the library, as new DisplayLink products are released.   Some on the list include:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">좵<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">         </span></span></span>More flexible mode setting, to replace the current fixed tables</p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">좵<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">         </span></span></span>Support for a compression method that didn’t make it originally.  Note: this addition won’t affect the libdlo.h API.</p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">좵<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">         </span></span></span>Ability to handle more special cases on a per USB product ID (PID) basis.  The library will work at a basic level with all products, but there can be details in certain cases (e.g. USB composite configurations) where some per-PID functionality would be helpful.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">But, the library as it is today is ready for the most important work to start – drivers and applications to begin making use of it, so users can start to do interesting and useful things with these devices on Linux and other non-Windows platforms.  There’s certainly potential for some cool stand-alone applications which can use a USB side display.  Please let the list here know if you’ve seen, started, or released something interesting.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The biggest challenge, though, is on the X Server side.  The prime use case on Windows of DisplayLink products is connecting two or more extra big displays via USB to extend the desktop.  In discussions, a few different approaches have come up for getting to the best possible X Server support.  Keith in particular has given this some thought, and may want to weigh in.  But in general -- what ideas for X beyond the obvious?<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">And if you’re looking for some inexpensive DisplayLink hardware to play with, and are buying before May 21 in the US, Frys is running a $20 special on an adapter, with mail in rebate: <a href="http://shop1.frys.com/product/5668991">http://shop1.frys.com/product/5668991</a> libdlo is compatible with all existing DisplayLink USB hardware out here, including this one.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again,<br></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bernie</p>