Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-17 Thread Sivakatirswami
Bernard Devlin wrote: Sivakatirswami, what is it you would like Rev to be able to do here? Acting like a pre-installed plugin, or being able to re-arrange the graphics within the window? The latter is possible - I did a rough prototype for that kind of effect a few months ago. Animation

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-17 Thread Jim Carwardine
I was looking at theBrain web site when I wrote the comment about no Mac support. I've been a fan of Tony Buzan - Mind Mapping - for some time. Apparently he has moved his operation to Australia http://www.buzan.com.au//products/software.html. There is an interesting product coming out of

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-17 Thread Luis
Sivakatirswami wrote: snip a) if we can get users to download and install some player core... or a stand alone.. =resistance has dropped to virtual zero.. because it is coming from Run Rev Home site. That's probably one of the best marketing ploys for RunRev to take advantage of. Cheers,

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-17 Thread Bernard Devlin
So, this goes to the whole discussion (viz-a-viz Lynn's query about how Rev could integrate with browsers) of rev plug-in vs web page with links to down load stand alones, vs some kind of embed object filled with Rev CGI powered content, vs getting them to download a Super Revolution Player... I

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-17 Thread Jim Carwardine
Here is the technology behind the Thesaurus...http://www.thinkmap.com/download/whitepaper/technical_white_pap er.pdf ... Jim on 11/17/06 7:27 AM, Sivakatirswami wrote: Bernard Devlin wrote: Sivakatirswami, what is it you would like Rev to be able to do here? Acting like a pre-installed

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-17 Thread Ken Ray
On 11/17/06 9:35 AM, Bernard Devlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is also http://dreamfactory.com/demo/developer.html - I believe that the guy behind DreamFactory was the original creator of Supercard (could be wrong there, so feel free to correct me). You're right - Bill Appleton wrote

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com If only we could do this

2006-11-16 Thread Luis
This looks like it's derived from: www.webbrain.com The people behind WebBrain: www.thebrain.com They have been around for ages. Similar, but without the stringy bits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooming_User_Interface Cheers, Luis. Sivakatirswami wrote: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-16 Thread Thomas McCarthy
Yes, that is cool. It reminds me of a concordancer built with HyperCard [can't recall the name off-hand]. This concordancer put the target word in the middle of the screen and then surrounded it with common associated words discovered in a text. The more common the assosiation, the thicker the

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com If only we could do this

2006-11-16 Thread Tereza Snyder
On Nov 16, 2006, at 3:59 AM, Luis wrote: This looks like it's derived from: www.webbrain.com The people behind WebBrain: www.thebrain.com They have been around for ages. Similar, but without the stringy bits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Zooming_User_Interface Another similar

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-16 Thread Jim Carwardine
Too bad it is not on a Mac as well. I'd use it to organize my files... Jim on 11/16/06 12:37 AM, Chipp Walters wrote: On 11/15/06, Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Now, that's pretty potent stuff. Is the window that opens up technically a new

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-16 Thread Chipp Walters
Dang! You are correct. I've seen something extremely similar done in Flash and just expected it was the same. On 11/15/06, Scott Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you sure about that? The sys reqs say it requires Java and the browser status reports it's loading an applet when starting up.

OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Sivakatirswami
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Now, that's pretty potent stuff. Is the window that opens up technically a new application or a plug in Image if that window were a UI with the complete Rev Engine behind it. Sivakatirswami ___ use-revolution

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Mark Swindell
Wow. Now that is cool. Mark On Nov 15, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Sivakatirswami wrote: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Now, that's pretty potent stuff. Is the window that opens up technically a new application or a plug in Image if that window were a UI with the complete Rev Engine behind it.

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Chipp Walters
On 11/15/06, Sivakatirswami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Now, that's pretty potent stuff. Is the window that opens up technically a new application or a plug in I suppose you know, it's a Flash swf file. You can create standalone Flash apps as well as embedded

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Bernard Devlin
I evaluated this product about 4 years ago. It was called 'The Brain' back then. IIRC it required a separate download/plugin back then. Actually, I think it was Wolfgang Bereuter who pointed it out on this list way back when. Bernard ___

OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Bernard Devlin
Sivakatirswami, what is it you would like Rev to be able to do here? Acting like a pre-installed plugin, or being able to re-arrange the graphics within the window? The latter is possible - I did a rough prototype for that kind of effect a few months ago. Animation engine should be able

Re: OT: www.visualthesaurus.com/ If only we could do this

2006-11-15 Thread Scott Rossi
Recently, Chipp Walters wrote: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Now, that's pretty potent stuff. Is the window that opens up technically a new application or a plug in I suppose you know, it's a Flash swf file. Are you sure about that? The sys reqs say it requires Java and the