Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-04 Thread Kay C Lan
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Personally, I'm a big fan of separating code and data so always use external storage for the data in my applications, be it a flat file or a database. However, that entails learning how to access files efficiently and/or

RE: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-03 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, Kay C. Lan wrote : I haven't written a Stack with multiple Cards in quite a while. Stacks and SubStacks, yes. When was the last time anyone here created a Stack full of Cards? I came from Hypercard, and have been creating data bases for multiple reasons for 20

RE: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-03 Thread Robert Brenstein
Kay C. Lan wrote : I haven't written a Stack with multiple Cards in quite a while. Stacks and SubStacks, yes. When was the last time anyone here created a Stack full of Cards? When using card-size tab button to switch among various sets of functional views, hiding and showing groups of

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi Kay, Kay C Lan wrote [snip] I haven't written a Stack with multiple Cards in quite a while. Stacks and SubStacks, yes. When was the last time anyone here created a Stack full of Cards? [snip] Yes, I do. That stack in particular was a Course to apply for a specific License in

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-03 Thread Peter Haworth
Personally, I'm a big fan of separating code and data so always use external storage for the data in my applications, be it a flat file or a database. However, that entails learning how to access files efficiently and/or learning SQL so I can see that folks would prefer to keep the data within

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-03 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi Lynn, I guess I'm somewhat confused by this. Anyone with an App Store account can comment can't they? Or do Apple overtly prevent logins who they identify as an app's developer from commenting? I'm considering putting an app on the Mac App Store so this is definitly of interest to me. Pete

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Igor de Oliveira Couto wrote: Congratulations, RunRev! On 02/06/2012, at 4:51 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Macworld UK gave LiveCode a 5-out-of-5-star review: http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/?reviewid=3361007 Well deserved! And, talking about reviews, I came across a rather scathing

RE: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread Lynn Fredricks
I was surprised to see that a majority of the comments there were negative. In a few cases the specifics related to not understanding the product well, but others were quite valid from the perspective of a new user (e.g., no native controls on iOS). IMNSHO, even the misunderstandings

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread Richard Gaskin
Lynn Fredricks wrote: It is unfortunate when there is a system that doesn't allow for vendor response. Ive had the experience before where some buyers have used review systems as a form of blackmail, meaning, they demanded some feature or some special service, and told that if they didn't get

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread Graham Samuel
On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:18:47 +0800, Kay C Lan lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't written a Stack with multiple Cards in quite a while. Stacks and SubStacks, yes. When was the last time anyone here created a Stack full of Cards? Well, I'm in the middle of creating one right now! It makes

RE: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread John Dixon
Graham... Sounds like a job for just the one card and an SQLlite db ... On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 09:18:47 +0800, Kay C Lan lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't written a Stack with multiple Cards in quite a while. Stacks and SubStacks, yes. When was the last time anyone here created a

RE: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Consider also, if a competitor or a champion of another product buys yours in a public venue that works this way, such as the Mac App Store. They can heap abuse on your product pretty much freely and there is nothing you can do about it. Does MacUpdate really have such a

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread Paul Hibbert
On 2012-06-02, at 10:29 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Has anyone here written MacUpdate about lifting this counterproductive limitation? I haven't written to MacUpdate, but I did take the time to write a positive review on their site about my experience with LiveCode, especially now that I

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread Igor de Oliveira Couto
On 03/06/2012, at 10:09 AM, Lynn Fredricks wrote: Consider also, if a competitor or a champion of another product buys yours in a public venue that works this way, such as the Mac App Store. They can heap abuse on your product pretty much freely and there is nothing you can do about it.

RE: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-02 Thread Lynn Fredricks
Consider also, if a competitor or a champion of another product buys yours in a public venue that works this way, such as the Mac App Store. They can heap abuse on your product pretty much freely and there is nothing you can do about it. Does MacUpdate really have such a

Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-01 Thread Richard Gaskin
Macworld UK gave LiveCode a 5-out-of-5-star review: http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/?reviewid=3361007 That's a nice follow-up to LiveCode being voted Best Developer Tool at the MacTech conference in November: http://runrev.com/newsletter/november/issue122/newsletter1.php Rackin' up the

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-01 Thread Ken Ray
On Jun 1, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Macworld UK gave LiveCode a 5-out-of-5-star review: http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/?reviewid=3361007 That's a nice follow-up to LiveCode being voted Best Developer Tool at the MacTech conference in November:

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-01 Thread Igor de Oliveira Couto
Congratulations, RunRev! On 02/06/2012, at 4:51 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Macworld UK gave LiveCode a 5-out-of-5-star review: http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/?reviewid=3361007 Well deserved! And, talking about reviews, I came across a rather scathing write-up on LiveCode at the very

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-01 Thread Kay C Lan
What a great write up, congrats Runrev Team. In light of the other thread about HyperCard, the only thing that makes me wince in the write-up is the multiple references to the stack/card metaphor. Whilst a knowledge of the past is all well and good, for the rising generation of potential

Re: Another 5-out-5 review for LC!

2012-06-01 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/1/12 8:22 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Richard- Friday, June 1, 2012, 11:51:17 AM, you wrote: Macworld UK gave LiveCode a 5-out-of-5-star review: http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/reviews/?reviewid=3361007 Interesting tidbit here: one of my coworkers spotted the article this afternoon. Never