Thankfully, hardware convergence is finally coming. If the latest generation Atom processors had been around when the iPad took the world by storm, we would have seen something quite different. I can now get a fully functional Dell tablet that is lighter and thinner than an iPad, but it can run LiveCode any other Windows application. These Win tablets have GPS and accelerometers, so why not support them? Check out the latest Android Lollipop LapTabLopLet (what else would you call it?): The Dell Venue 10 7000 <http://www.dell.com/us/p/dell-venue-10-7040-tablet/pd?p=dell-venue-10-7040-tablet> .
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Mark Talluto <use...@canelasoftware.com> wrote: > > > On Aug 10, 2015, at 10:00 AM, Roger Eller <roger.e.el...@sealedair.com> > wrote: > > > > I wouldn't know. Why? Because I chose LiveCode (actually MetaCard) > > because my code could be written only once, and it worked the same on > Mac, > > Win, and Irix at that time. Sure there were always shell calls once in a > > while, but overall, the original designers of the language put in some > real > > effort to make it that way, and I truly appreciate all the work that went > > into making it so seamless. > > I appreciate your desire for a fully unified experience. Keep in mind, > technology has changed a lot since MetaCard. And, features have improve and > become more complex since MetaCard. It is one thing to write data to a file > using a unified method for all platforms. It is another to address mobile > specific features between each OS with varying levels of sophistication. > Even Apple uses a different/modified OS between all its hardware line. > > Where equality breaks in LiveCode, it seems reasonable to me. It looks > like this will only continue until the various OS and hardware manufactures > get together and unify what is available on each system. Desktops will be > the last ones to get GPS and accelerometer support. Not holding my breath > on that. > > > Best regards, > > Mark Talluto > canelasoftware.com > > CassiaDB: The easy to use, free local storage database made for LiveCode > Developers: livecloud.io > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
