My first reaction from RB 5.5.5 to RB 2005 was "What have they done
to it; it's horrible"! It took several weeks to adjust to the new
IDE. There are times when I find the unified single-window interface
a a blessing; to be able to open two projects and not get lost as to
what belongs to which, but other times when I'd like to have two
things open and copy between them or compare things when I really
hate the single-window interface. Also having to scroll back and
forth and widen the inspector can be irritating, If my PowerBook had
a smaller display than 15", I would be really upset.
The thing I hate most is the slow interface in the 200X versions.
When you select something with the mouse, RB always seems to select
more than you want for some reason. Typing in the early 200X versions
lagged horribly. It's a bit better now. The constant IDE crashes are
lessening, but I agree that 2005 felt more like a beta than a release
version. I do resent paying, and paying well, for unfinished quality.
The thing that made me keep using RB 2005 and not going back to
5.5.5, despite it hating 2005, was the database. For my development
work, the RealSQLDatabase was something I couldn't do without. The
previous databases were buggy and irritating. The new database is
professional quality.
I will have to cough up more money soon as my plan has expired (and I
got no emails from REALbasic about it) and Universal binaries are
important these days if developers want to appear to be up-to-date. I
wish RB had already had the universal binary compiler ready, but I
just hope that I will be paying for quality work and not a buggy rush
job. RB is a tool I depend on for my income, not just a hobby. RB
releases should be ready for prime-time and not give us the chamber-
of-horrors experience.
Regards,
Jeffrey
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