Thomas,
For the most part, I agree with your sympathies and, were I a full-
time developer, probably even more so. I, too, purchased SC, but
didn't find that it really offered me things I couldn't get from HC -
at that time - with a little more effort; something I really enjoyed.
Hey, I was up to my eye-brows in my own HC externals, and such, at
that time to the extent of being almost a full-time developer. I, too
- though reluctantly, work on both platforms these days, but I've
never actually succumbed to buying a PC. Awkward at times, and always
feel as if I'm walking on water with XP open - wondering if faith
alone will keep me afloat, and hating the fact that I still had to buy
an XP license from M$, but life goes on.
You're probably right, and I too would probably not have considered
Rev if it were Mac only, though it appears I will probably end up
using it that way. Thanks for your objectivity.
As a side note, with respect to searching for things - at least on
Macs - don't forget Spotlight's amazing search capabilities. I've used
it a number of times to locate specific items in Rev and other stuff.
Even my drawings where I have notes and on PDFs as well. Of course,
most of the time, you have to do a double barreled search once you
have a document open, and not all are as good at that as Adobe's PDFs.
Joe Wilkins
On May 29, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
Joe,
I agree with the initial reaction to Supercard when Hypercard was
free. However SC had so much to offer with multiple windows and
Color etc. and HC was not being well supported by Apple at that time
(the beginning of the end it felt like) that I felt I needed to
purchase SC. Then the wait for a Web and/or Windows version of SC
and it being passed around between companies and I finally gave up
for Director. That was a big disappointment for me. Thank goodness
that MC/Revolution stuck around and is what it is.
I disagree about this list being mostly Mac users though. I am a
Computer user and prefer Macs but I work on them both side by side
and both on my Mac as well. I know there is a lot of heated wars
between some users but I for one would not even have considered
Revolution if it were Mac only. (my 2 cents on that)
I have been an Enterprise licensee with Revolution since I first
found it and have been glad to pay for it. It has changed my life
and my future outlook on life (programatically speaking).
Tom McGrath
On May 29, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
I believe you might say the same for SuperCard. Kind of! My
personal feeling is that when Rev was first released as MetaCard,
perhaps as something else - my memory fails me, we had all become
accustomed to HC - free for all to use; and we resented that
someone was trying to get rich on what we felt should almost be in
the public domain. There were a lot of hurt feelings. And it was
still seen as a Mac only tool. It probably still is. Certainly, the
majority of users on this list appear to be mostly on Macs. In many
cases, here I speak for myself, I wish it were Mac only and we
didn't even have to deal with everyone else. AND, believe it or
not, there is still a lot of combativeness between the two
platforms. Even here - as I'm sure I'll soon be made aware. (smile)
My two centavos,
Joe Wilkins
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