docs: add Coder Desktop early preview documentation #16544
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This will work with the next release. Sorry for not sharing this before. We only have the preview formula published for now. |
Co-authored-by: M Atif Ali <atif@coder.com>
docs/user-guides/desktop/index.md
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| Before you can use Coder Desktop, you will need to approve the system extension and log in. |
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Do we want to move this to a macOS-specific heading or tab?
I'm guessing that the Windows configuration steps will be different.
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I adjusted the step per @ethanndickson 's suggestion and that moved the configuration step into the mac-specific section
I think the rest of the configuration should be the same, but I haven't been able to try the Windows version yet
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@matifali @deansheather do you have the steps to install Desktop on windows? |
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This reverts commit 0356dac.
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| "description": "Use Coder Desktop to access your workspace like it's a local machine", | ||
| "path": "./user-guides/desktop/index.md", | ||
| "icon_path": "./images/icons/computer-code.svg", | ||
| "state": ["beta"] |
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leaving this as beta for now because we don't have an earlyaccess badge
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FYI @bpmct.
@EdwardAngert I would opt for alpha over beta in this case. We do support that.
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| 1. Coder Desktop starts minimized in the Windows System Tray. | ||
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| You might need to select the **^** in your system tray to show more icons. |
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Maybe add a comment about how you can pin it by going to (at least on Win 11) Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Other system tray icons, then enabling Coder Desktop
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Sorry about the lateness with the Windows installer and thanks for writing the docs! |
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Note for myself, or whoever continues writing the docs, that we should document that the other Coder tools ( |
Co-authored-by: Dean Sheather <dean@deansheather.com>
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A few comments but LGTM.
I would like @the-dietcoke-ofevil and @mattvollmer to have a look too.
closes #16540
closes coder/coder-desktop-macos#75
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