Stephen Barncard wrote: > Chipp wrote: >>I agree. I'm rewriting my MagicCarpet Auto-updating Architecture to >>take account for that-- and also allow for the creation of portable >>apps. >> >>http://portableapps.com/ > > Wait. Doesn't the term 'Portable Apps' imply some kind of > cross-platformness? > I mean, that's why Web based apps were created.... > > Shouldn't 'Portable' imply 'play anywhere'?
In this case the "play anywhere" means you carry it with you wherever you go on your USB Flash drive.
For us Rev folks the concept of portability may seem odd, since Rev apps are often self-contained anyway.
But remember that a lot of Windows apps made with other tools require a small army of DLLs strewn all over the hard drive and a bunch of Registry entries to run.
A "portable app" in this context is one which is simply self-contained, able to run entirely from a USB Flash drive leaving zero footprint on the system it's run on. Preferences, data files, and the app itself are all stored on the removable drive.
And with Rev we can add a level of "play anywhere" most folks claiming to deliver "portable apps" can't: we can put Win, Mac, and even Linux executables on the drive, sharing a common data folder there, so the user can pop the USB device into nearly any computer on the planet and be able to run your app.
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