Colin Holgate wrote:
On Apr 10, 2008, at 9:21 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
They want to make on-line games and while that's about the only
thing Flash is capable of,
That's a good example of why I'm doing the presentation that I'm
doing. A lot of people believe in their own tool a lot and don't spend
any time finding out the abilities of other tools. Many people believe
that HyperCard and Revolution are only good for making address book
stacks. Director is only any use for making slide shows, Flash can
only do online games.
There is an overlap between the Flash crowd and the Rev crowd, and
that's with standalone applications. The Flash crowd can make
applications that are delivered via AIR, or Internet applications
using Flex. Those are the kinds of things that Rev can also do, and
most likely in a faster, more cross platform friendly way. If I can
show example like that, the people using Flex may well reluctantly be
impressed!
Well said. It's too easy for anyone using any tool exclusively to
unintentionally get a certain myopia. But the variety of tools in this
world exist for a reason, each with its strengths and weaknesses. A
healthy perspective about what the rest of the world is up to can only
be helpful, and can often lead to improvements in each tool.
As for demos, you might find RevNet amusing. It's bundled in Rev, at:
Development->Plugins->GoRevNet
It started with the question, "How long would it take to make something
like the AOL client in Rev?" The answer turned about to be, "About two
hours." :)
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Richard Gaskin
Managing Editor, revJournal
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