LOL, is it April Fools Day? No wait, it's June. So what is this REALbasic 2005 release doing still posted?

I'll be the first one to say that I would have agreed fanatically with the previous posters that REALbasic <was>, and I stress *was* pretty darn cool. Up until now. This latest release is a kick in the face to Mac developers, and literally makes me want to cry.

My credit card was in hand as I went to download the new demo and upgrade, but as soon as I started it, which took forever to load mind you; I realized that the rumors from beta testers weren't so off target. This thing is *really* ugly and *really* slow. Did I mention ugly? So utterly ugly and slow in fact that it is basically unusable.

For a while now, I have been happy to be able to release a Mac *and* Windows version of my programs simultaneously. Of course there were the little quirks, and I eventually ended up just doing most of my debugging for the Windows versions on an old PC I have, but, this was ok. I was testing for the Windows platform, and was forced to go on it every now and then for a few hours.

With REALbasic 2005, I'm *stuck* using the Windows version 24/7. Yes, the Macintosh version really is a hidden Windows *gem* <wink>. Which in the end computes to.....nothing. Utter trash and a total waste of time and money. I sorely regret the investment and time I put into making previous REALbasic programs, as I'm now stuck out in the cold and hung up to dry like an old rag. REALbasic for Mac is a bad April Fool's joke that went many steps too far. Glad I didn't shell out the upgrade money in advance; well not so glad I guess -- I was hoping it would be an advancement like previous releases were. Nope.