> I would like to think more in these terms: > > 1) REALbasic is much more stable now. (Not perfect but what is?) > > 2) Many bugs have been fixed and the format of the IDE is > much more flexible. > > 3) More people have stopped ranting and focussed on other > ways of expressing their personal opinions. > > 4) Maybe more people are using the feedback instead of the > lists to report problems. :) > > 5) Some of the most prolific posters might have moved on to > other lists. > > 6) There are more people allowed on the Betas list. Anybody > with a current license is now welcome AFAIK. > > I would consider the volume now more in line with what it was > before 5.0, after 5.5.5 and before 2005r1. > > One last comment. RB users are getting used to RB and are > having fewer difficulties.
That's a pretty exaustive list, Terry - all about right. Ive noticed a big drop in volume, but its noticable probably more for those who have been on the list a long time (lots of RB 1.x users here). Something Ive noticed is that a lot of folks who were around from the beginning have moved onto programming in Cocoa - those who were looking for a RAD solution for the Mac. Consider how long RB was Mac only, then finally to ship a solid Windows version. Cocoa is a strong draw, and so is Universal Binary support. Each time Apple improves xCode and makes using it more accessible, its going to pull on the Mac only or "mac oriented" crowd. REAL also changed policies about posting third party special offers to the list, so commercial traffic is down. Activity is about on par with the Director-L list. I don't think Director is a great solution for making "native appearance" cross-platform apps, but its also the most mature and has a huge, huge user base. If there is a corelation to be drawn there, well... Also, don't forget that there is a forum and that's drawing people who might otherwise post here. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks President Paradigma Software, Inc Joining Worlds of Information Deploy True Client-Server Database Solutions Royalty Free with Valentina Developer Network http://www.paradigmasoft.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
