Our belief is that you can't make great apps for handheld devices and have identical source code. The differences in operating systems is huge: the user interfaces, screen sizes, files systems and OS resources are completely different. You can keep much of the same program logic, but you can write much better apps on these devices if you keep their capabilities in mind, instead of having to work with the lowest common denominator.
In the meantime, we're really enjoying running on Palm OS 5. We wish more devices were using it! George Henne NS BASIC Corporation http://www.nsbasic.com >Tony, > >One more thing: Appforge DOES NOT WORK ON PALM OS 5 and may not ever be >released for OS5. > >NSBasic DOES work on Palm OS 5. > >I like the AppForge better, especially the one source does it all. NSBasic >does not have that option. > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >Gary Gorsline >Easy Business Software >========================== End of Message ========================== > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tony Goggin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 5:49 PM >Subject: RE: Does AppForge Support This... ? Att: Tony > > >> Hi Oscar, >> >> > hi Tony, >> > i have evaluated AppForge and i found it a nice ans easy tool for >> > developing. >> > After your mail i checked NSBasic's site, and found it >> > 'basic' compared with >> > Appforge, and its associated docs and utilitaries. >> > Since i have not yet decided what tool to buy, i would appreciate your >> > comments of why are you migrating from AppForge to NSBasic. Is because >> > appforge support, features, price? >> >> Actually we decided to port from AppForge to C++ - I simply wish our >> "experiment" with VB had been with NSBasic and not AppForge, in hindsight, >> for the following reasons: >> >> 1) We were forced to port our application from PalmOS to Pocket PC (due to >> Symbol discontinuing the 2D PalmOS platform), and didn't appreciate the >> $25/unit license fee for the required Booster executable on the Symbol >2800 >> platform. >> 2) NSBasic has a smaller runtime requirement (<100K) as opposed to >AppForge >> (about 500K.) >> 3) AppForge on PalmOS was pretty slow. NSBasic claims to be faster, >though >> I have not tested it. >> >> AppForge does have a few advantages - we had identically the same >code >> running on Pocket PC as we had on PalmOS. The single-source option was >> nice - I don't believe NSBasic can do the same. All we had to do was >modify >> the fonts and form sizes at runtime, and AppForge even provided sample >code >> to do it. Additionally, both PalmOS and Pocket PC code produced identical >> PDB files, which simplified our conduit development. The AppForge tech >> support team was very responsive to some unique needs and even did some >> custom programming for us. All in all, I give AppForge an "A" for >support, >> "A" for ease of development, "B" for cross-platform compatibility, "C" for >> speed/optimization, and failed them on the unit cost. >> >> In the end, the $25/unit license fee killed our AppForge plans. The >> other programmer that I'm working with is quickly coming up to speed in >C++. >> We're currently just going to deal with having two sets of source code for >> two different platforms - at least both are written in C++ so we can share >> some source between them. >> >> HTH! >> >> - Tony >> >> ======================================= >> Tony Goggin, Technical Director >> Salamander Technologies >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.salamandertechnologies.com >> ======================================= >> >> >> -- >> For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, >please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ >> > > >-- >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, >please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
