Pleasanton, CA - December 15, 2006 - A Vista-compatible version of the InnerWorkings Developer Interface will be released on December 19, 2006. Developer Interface 3.5 enables developers running the new Vista operating system to use InnerWorkings’ practice-based learning environment.

Developers in your organization who have already changed their operating system to Vista, or are planning to migrate in the near future, will need to upgrade to Developer Interface 3.5 to continue accessing our client application. From December 19, developers can download and install the new version from this location: http://resource.innerworkings.com/developer_interface.

Note: The release of Developer Interface 3.6 in Q1 2007 will include further enhancements to support Vista and all developers will be prompted to automatically update their InnerWorkings client software at that time.

Developers using Vista’s User Access Control (UAC) security feature will notice some differences in the way they interact with the Vista-ready version of the Developer Interface:

  • To install or uninstall the Developer Interface, UAC users will be prompted to elevate their user rights to administrator level
  • To install or uninstall Drills and Developer Programs, UAC users will need administrative rights
  • For UAC users, the Developer Interface will never attempt to close a Visual Studio instance

Developers who are not using the UAC feature will have the same user experience with Vista as they have in Windows XP or Windows 2000 today.

Because Visual Studio 2002 and 2003 are not supported in Vista, Drills based on these versions will not display to users running Vista. InnerWorkings’ entire catalog of Visual Studio 2005 Drills will display as usual to Vista users.

We hope that you’ll find these updates useful and continue to give us your valued feedback on the future direction of our products. If you have questions on this update, please contact us at customer.support@innerworkings.com.