>Perhaps *current* MC users don't want, for example, multimedia-related
>features, but what about the droves of Flash/Director/Toolbook/etc users who
>have come to expect these features and others? Does MC have any chance of
>enticing more users of the above products when it caters mostly to the
>"card" market (which is currently pretty slim)?
>
>Folks can argue the semantics of "what is MC really used for?" until we're
>all dead and buried. But I don't think I'm out of line when I claim that
>tools like Flash/Director/Toolbook/etc are *related* and are therefore
>worthy of being considered competitive products. Doesn't it make sense to
>keep an eye on how competitive products are evolving, with the hope of
>gaining new users who might otherwise look elsewhere for the features they
>need?
Richard Gaskin hinted earlier that the Toolbook market might soon
become available, which makes sense since it has the same 'card'
metaphor (even if it is called 'page'). A Toolbook to MC converter
would probably find a lot of customers. I know a bunch of Toolbook
users who would move over if they had this. But of course the
converter needs funding.
>One of my personal goals is to see Scott Raney retire early and well.
From software or just Metacard?
>What can be done with MetaCard's future to make that happen?
Well, we will see, and it isn't impossible, but it will take a lot to
even penetrate Director's market. Director users I work with won't
even look at anything else. And it comes from a different stable -
the old Videoworks.
[Anyone else here still have Cosmicosmo which used a combination of
Hypercard and Director's precursor Videoworks? I think it was seminal
at the time. I just unearthed an old copy out of curiosity but it
freezes my Mac G3, especially when opened in Metacard.]
Mike Yates
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