Dan I dont think the issue is about IDEs that work better - sure there are and sure none are as easy as rev.
The problems that i also see as "retro" are the pattern handling (mac squared format only vs any "normal" skin in win32 as widely used in the web interfaces), menus not being always so "standard" - like separators in option menus, lack of color cursor support, easy ID conflicts (and issuing crashes), same with stacks using the same name, etc... While rev is crossplatform, no doubt, the issues encounted porting a stack from windows to Mac or viceversa make the IDE show lots of weaknesses in the IDE. Other issues like htmltext handling, no threading, text style (no per-paragraph alignment) or image positioning based on text baseline or even differently sized paragraph lineheight make for a lot of limitations compared to other IDEs as well. Last but not least, when you look at a modern IDE (visual C or CodeWarrior), the code editors have a bit more punch and virtually no bugs as we've encountered in the rev script editor (and VW or MW) - though these are starting to disappear, they still remain a productivity issue other IDEs do not impose on the developper... The best example here was the debugging breakpoints causing crashes or the lack of array editing in the variable watcher. cheers Xavier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/12/2005 08:47:57: > Bill...... > > Interesting list with some things that hadn't been discussed before. > > Can you elaborate on point 5? Some examles of "modern IDEs" that you think > work better than Rev? > > On 12/1/05, Bill Marriott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This comes from the perspective of an occassional (but loyal) RunRev user > > who's been in the software industry nearly 25 years... > > > > Fourteen Reasons Why I Think Rev Is Not More Popular: > > > > 5) Retro IDE. There have been improvements over time, but it's still kinda > > long in the tooth. Just playing with a modern IDE for a while gives me all > > kinds of shivers at what could be possible if Rev picked up the pace. So > > many things are missing from it. > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author > http://www.shafermedia.com > Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" > >From http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html ----------------------------------------- To make communications with Clearstream easier, Clearstream has recently changed the email address format to conform with industry standards. The new format is '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com IMPORTANT MESSAGE Internet communications are not secure and therefore Clearstream International does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Clearstream International or of any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. END OF DISCLAIMER _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
