Hi
I have similar motivations as Kim when comparing whether to use RB2006.
Almost everybody I've run into loves RB2006; it's a huge =20
improvement over previous versions.
If you check the feedbacks you'll find many, many criticisms of the
=20
2005/2006 versions. The ones critical of the interface are the
among =20
the highest ranked of ALL feedbacks. I sent a list along to Geoff
at =20
one stage to verify this and even he was surprised.
Sure wish his surprise would result in bringing back tool and
inspector palettes to the software.
Whilst Joe might find everybody loves it, from what I've read here
most people - even those who like it - find many things which don't
work or are missing.
Me too. I'd put up with slowness and a lousy IDE if the speeds and
app sizes were improved, and they're not... drastically not. This
product is so large now, because of frameworks, that the product
should be licensed "by the framework". I asked many moons ago
whether RB would run and compile single-platform with all but one
platform's frameworks removed. It's no longer as convenient to
download RB anymore, it has become so huge it requires HIGH-SPEED
broadband. Have rarely been able to resume an RB download, a real
headache starting over and over for a 33MB file that expands to over
120MB on my drive. RB5.5 is a 19.5MB file that expands to 38.1MB by
comparison.
I have tried (over and over) to use the new version but simply
can't =20
stand it. I find it slow, buggy and poorly designed. I'm no longer =20
paying the subscription and won't do so again unless there are
major =20
changes. The shame of it is that I loved using RB 5.5.5.
I am also in this camp. I enjoyed this product for five years, and
then snubbed with 2006. I cringe at the notion that I will have to
use RB 2006 when Universal Binary support arrives, choices are
limited. Bring back tools and inspector pals and I'm happier. Not
holding my breath anymore.
Another Mac dev IDE product, SuperCard, announces Universal Binary
support in second quarter this year (www.supercard.us). Coming from
a one-man shop, that's more than REALbasic has been able to
announce. I spent more money annually on REALbasic, and expect much
more positive and informative news announcements.
Yours truly
R Charles Flickinger
Corona Developer: http://www.designersdomain.com/corona
Daktari Developer: http://www.designersdomain.com/daktari
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