Re: carbonized MetaCard
But you should keep in mind that the final release of Mac OS X is many, many months away and while it might make a good development platform before then, there probably won't be a large enough installed base to bother with making distributions for that platform until sometime next year. Gee, Scott, you don't think an OS which requires a proprietary language to write native apps for and only runs on the most expensive machines in the industry isn't going to take over the world? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Multimedia Design and Development for Mac, Windows, UNIX, and the Web _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 ICQ#60248349Fax: 323-225-0716 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
carbonized MetaCard
I've heard anecdotes about how much Scott Raney despises the way the Mac operating system handles memory. I've noticed myself how easy it is to crash my MetaCard apps due to memory issues. OS X should resolve this issue. So I'd like to know if there has been any announcements about how swiftly MetaCard will be carbonized for OS X. Since MetaCard and OS X are both grounded in Unix ought this not to be a relatively easy task? Other carbon apps are already out. What has or does Scott have to say? Brian Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
Re: carbonized MetaCard
... the MetaCard "carbonization" process is already done, and so it shouldn't be too long a wait before we'll be able to start public testing of the new engine. ...and Scott gets a huge standing ovation from the crowd! But you should keep in mind that the final release of Mac OS X is many, many months away and while it might make a good development platform before then, there probably won't be a large enough installed base to bother with making distributions for that platform until sometime next year. It'll make a superb development platform, but there's one more thing... being able to make a Carbonized standalone with MetaCard is HUGE right now. There's such a lack of applications available for OS X, any app that's carbonized will get a large following from people who have "upgraded" to the beta (at least, that's in a hypothetical, optimistic world! :) I've been waiting to purchase the OS X beta until I can run my good ol' MetaCard in it... releasing the carbonized engine would get me going releasing all sorts of programs, and give everyone in the MetaCard community a big boost in the credentials department. Thanks for getting this done, and here's to getting this public testing started ASAP! (tomorrow I place the order for OS X!) Regards, Scott Brian -- Karl Becker, KB Productions | Featuring Tiger's Eye Casino, http://www.karlbecker.com | The Fishin' Hole, and New Tricks | | Also featuring un-cut writings of Karl! Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not this list.
