Since I've made as much noise about this over the years as anyone, I figured I'd better not bypass this chance to provide what I hope is clear input on the subject.
For me -- and this may well be overly simplistic -- there are three kinds of applications: desktop apps, browser apps and client-server apps. Rev is outstanding at the first, more than adequate (even excellent in some cases) at the third, and not much help at all with the second. I'm talking here about full-blown applications that are delivered to and run nearly completely inside the Web browser environment. Examples include writely, dabbleDB, JotSpot, BaseCamp, and others. The key idea -- for me, at least -- is that the software uses the admittedly confining presentation space of the browser window as enhanced by the poorly named AJAX technology set and requires the user to download nothing. Those are the kinds of apps in which I am presently interested, which is why my level of activity with Rev has dropped off considerably in the past few months. Now, I'm not at all sure it's either necessary or appropriate for Rev to try to wedge its technology base into that space which is now largely dominated by JavaScript but which also includes examples of other scripting and programming languages such as Ruby, Python and Smalltalk. I am decidedly NOT interested in any app solution that requires my end user to download a plug-in or anything else. Flash is a terribly interesting DELIVERY platform for this class of apps but the development tools for creating such apps suck big time. There is clearly an opportunity here for a way to build an app in Rev and then compile it to Flash and deliver it entirely via the browser. Similarly, there is a great opportunity for doing the same thing and producing AJAX output. This is the direction taken by tools like Laszlo and Flex, which essentially use JavaScript and XML as their linguistic platforms. That's my $0.06 (inflation taken into account along with the length of my response). :-) On 11/3/06, Lynn Fredricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
WHAT ELSE? What other options are there? Id like to frame this question also within the bounds of use - if you suggest something, is there a practical use you can think of? Before diving into the Roadster model, I ask that you go back and read discussion on the list. I have a very strong opinion about this since I was directly involved in the last rev of the Roadster plugin for SuperCard. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Worldwide Business Operations Runtime Revolution, Ltd
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