Kay I agree with you opinion on the iPhone as a platform summary.
I have to reply to the quote below however. I think that when I first
started using Supercard and then Metacard and now Revolution my first
impression was "Wow, I can write 'real' applications." I thought that
was very cool. I tried to start writing applications. Then I hit the
wall. Questions like you describe are natural when you are trying to
build something and the only reference you have is the way existing
applications handle this task or that task. So Asking how a feature
can be accomplished in RR just like it is done in "Insert Name Here"
seems to be a very natural thing.
I for one don't do much with tables, CGI, XML, etc. But instead I do a
lot of visually oriented work and need a tool that can handle
graphics, text, animation, movies, etc. just like "blank" does. But, I
am doing it better. I want to make it do things the way I need it to.
So, 'core function' is not to be like these programs but to perform
certain tasks in My Program that function similar to the tasks found
in these programs. I use RR as a Multi-media tool, an Application
development tool, an Rapid Application Development tool and for my
real job I use RR as a Prototyping tool.
2 cents
Regards,
Tom McGrath
On Jun 28, 2008, at 8:45 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:
Sometimes I read posts here about people wanting better this, or
better
that, and usually they make a reference to some app like; 'it's been
in
FileMaker for years, like Excel has, similar to PowerPoint, just like
iTunes, etc etc'. This is worse than comparing chalk to cheese. I
rarely see
any 'I want x,y or x, just like Xcode, or name your favourite
development
environment.' I don't know, I've never really done much with Xcode,
but I
imagine creating a table that works just like Excel probably takes a
lot of
hard work.
So I ask, what is Revs 'core function'. Is it to become more like
FileMaker,Excel,PowerPoint,iCal,PhotoShop,etc etc? or is to make
cross-platform app development 'in general' easier? (I guess the
definition
of 'in general' is where opinion will be most varied:-)
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