Yennie wrote: > > <<sucks? yes. Crashes? I don't know about that. Not good? I'm with you there > 100%.>> > > Metacard... > > Runs website for months without crashing? Yes. Enables cross-platform GUIs that > don't suck? Yes. Faster than any other xTalk? Yes. Hundreds of features not > available in any other xTalk without XCMDs? Yes. Runs on UNIX and Windows > machines with less effort that writing in Java? Yes. Phenonenal tech support > and ongoing development? Yes. > > I've written commercial software with Hypercard, Supercard, and Metacard, and > they all have their advantages and disadvantages- but if writing software is > what you do for a living, you'd be a fool to write off Metacard too quickly. > It's the fastest, it's cross-platform, the GUIs you create don't have to have > the UNIX feel of Metacard's own interface (and can include widgets not > available in other xCards), and it's more internet-ready than any other xTalk, > by far. Imagine writing a web server app in Hypertalk, complete with user > authentication, threading, yadda yadda yadda. Or downloading a web page without > externals, or sending an e-mail. Or encrypting data, or sending messages at > timed intervals, or having scripts larger than 32K. Or manipulating binary > data. I could go on. > > As for the price, if $1000 is too much to spend on getting the best product out > there, then you either a) Don't write software for a living or b) Don't make a > good living writing software. A new Porsche is pretty expensive too, but the > bottom line is that you won't win many drag races in your station wagon, even > if it's price makes more sense to you. > > Don't get me wrong, I love Hypercard and Supercard. I own every version of them > both from the last 5 years, and I use them for certain things. But people seem > to be awfully quick to bash Metacard. It's not Hypercard, and it's not > Supercard, but if you use xTalk to pay your bills, chances are that it's gonna > make your life a lot easier. > > Just my 2 cents, > Brian -- Pierre Sahores CRDP de l'academie de Creteil WEB, DB, ASP, VPN, B2B design Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
