<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Improve DirectWrite implementation font rendering on Windows" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107521#c8">Comment # 8</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - Improve DirectWrite implementation font rendering on Windows" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107521">bug 107521</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:baron@caesar.elte.hu" title="Aron Budea <baron@caesar.elte.hu>"> Aron Budea</a> <pre>(In reply to V Stuart Foote from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=107521#c7">comment #7</a>) > At this point having pulled the plug on XP and Vista, should we push forward > at 6.0 and instead set the minimum supported Windows OS to 7 SP1 with > "Platform update (MS KB2670838)" [2] applied and supporting use of the "new" > DWRITE enumeration/syntax and DirectX 11.1? [3]. I'd personally be all for this, just because it's more modern/future-proof, yet only requires an update in Win7 (the update itself is from 2013, so it's reasonable to expect systems to have it). My questions: - What happens if someone tries to run such an application on a Win7 without platform update? (I guess this could be tested) - Is it possible to show an error dialog with meaningful information in that case? (eg. This application requires MS KB2670838 to run, update your system and try again.)</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>