andu wrote: > --On Friday, December 13, 2002 17:49:03 -0800 Richard Gaskin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Here's what Macintouch calls "an interesting excuse for cancelling Mac >> software development" from Cerious Software: >> >> It has been more difficult that you could ever know >> to port ThumbsPlus to the Macintosh. Unlike Windows, >> applications cause many problems on the Mac side. >> For example Quicktime installations totally crash >> ThumbsPlus so that the application doesn't even >> launch. Also, the cross compiler applications don't >> work any longer with new Mac versions. Any new >> software install has the ability to take Thumbs to >> its knees. Sorry we don't have better news. >> We expect to be taking down all Mac info from the >> pages in the next few weeks. >> >> <http://www.cerious.com/faq_pcq.shtml#PCQ_mac> >> >> If they were using Rev or MC they'd still be shipping on Mac, and their >> Windows effort would cost only a fraction to maintain and enhance. >> >> This got me thinking: Do any of you have a Rev- or MC-based image >> database program? > > That's a trivial exercise, I did something like that with Valentina while I > was evaluating it, auto creation of thumbnails and so on. > The complain that "...the cross compiler applications don't work any longer > with new Mac versions", I think tells the whole story.
Doesn't seem to stop Scott Raney. :) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge 2.1: Publish any database on any site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
