On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 12:34 AM, Shao Sean wrote:
> >> ...and with all those advantages for REALbasic, the people here still > maybe due to all the advantages that runrev/mc has going for it (like > dev environments on all platforms it compiles to) Since BOTH companies have my money in the form of Pro licenses, I feel I have a right to comment. Rev is arguably more powerful, and certainly easier and faster to develop in. Real has a few clear advantages in the forms of - the script editor is more elegant and virtually bug free as well as supporting a great auto-completion system. AND, the Real help system is without a doubt second-to-none. Now, since Rev released I have done zero projects in Real, and doubt I ever will again, but RunRev would do well to get those things on a par with Real. Perhaps Runrev's biggest challenge is help and documentation. The Transcript language is SO broad and all encompassing that it is easy to get lost in. We have spent hours coding a custom routine for something, only to find out that there was an internal function for it built-in! The manuals will help. A really killer help app (like Real's) would be even better. BOTH is best. Jeanne does a great job, but it is a HUGE job. Two other things - 1) we need a scripting cookbook. Preferably printed, and we have no problem with the concept of paying for it (like the manuals.) 2) in the Rev on-line docs - all links should have color or some indication of being "hot". It is EXTREMELY poor design to have hot text which is based on invisible hotspots. Playing "hunt for the info" seems to be an all too common game in Rev. One developers can ill-afford to play. ALL hotspots and links - visible. All the time. -- Troy RPSystems, LTD www.rpsystems.net _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
