On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Blair Moxon wrote:
> I agree Java has its limitations based on slow development/implementation of
> the JDK, version control, and painfully slow database retrieval. It is
> maturing however, and I have seen many fully functioning heavy duty apps
> that actually work. Its main drawback is that you need to be a serious
> programmer/coder to work with it. That being said..I agree with David..why
> not make MC Java convertible? I tried the Director "Save as Java" option the
> other day and surprizingly it worked.
I'd be very surprised if this had happened to me too because based on
what I've read on the Director mailing lists and newsgroups (and
similarly on the ToolBook equivalents), your experience was an
exceedingly rare event. Near as I can tell, only the plug-in versions
(Neuron and Shockwave) have any serious chance of working at all, and
those are of course hobbled by the requirment that the user to
download and install a plug-in.
> I can take any Director movie and in
> less than 2 minutes turn it into a Java/html file that can be read from any
> browser with full interactivity (and yes I tested it on Mac/PC/Unix browsers
> with no problems at all).
If this were in fact the case, the world would be a very differnt
place than the one I live in. In all my browsing I've yet to run into
a site that has taking this approach. For comparison, I quite often
run into sites that require QT or Shockwave or Flash or a Real player.
> Now if I could do that with MetaCard and not have
> to save a Mac version, a PC version, a Unix version (after tweaking fonts
> and colors) and just post it on the web...I would be a very happy guy!
So would I. Maybe Santa Claus will deliver it for Christmas this
year, because he's probably the only one with the special powers
necessary to actually make it happen ;-)
Regards,
Scott
> Blair Moxon
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metacard.com
MetaCard: You know, there's an easier way to do that...
