Existing users, 
This is the first Adobe Air project I've seen for download on VT.
Unlike the one-step "drag this icon to your Applications folder" or the "double-click the installer", the poor developer of ChipWits has to give a 6-step instruction guide, all about Air, and that doesn't include first-time Air users.
I'm nostalgic about ChipWits too (man, I'd forgotten about it), but this complexity, and my lack of trust that Adobe won't leave turds all over my hard-drive makes me think twice about this.
ChipWits II
robot programming game
Version: .9991
comment: Adobe needs to make Air app-installs simpler
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: Dylan_McNamee_905 Saturday, October 20 2007 @ 08:13 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
Recommend Product: NO
Comments
comment: Adobe needs to make Air app-installs simpler - dougsharp
I'll keep an eye on Adobe's development of a 10.5 compatible AIR. I upgrade and recompile within a week of every major update to Flex and AIR. I've built an auto-update into the game (easy to do with AIR), not that that will help after an OS upgrade.Thanks for the heads up.
Doug Sharp, ChipWits dev
Monday, October 22 2007 @ 04:43 PM PDT
Doesn't work with BETA version of Leopard - Wiz
I'm not actually very surprised that it doesn't work with a BETA version of Leopard. Why should it?If it doesn't work on the OFFICIAL release version of Leopard (OS X 10.5) then you should complain...
Monday, October 22 2007 @ 08:16 AM PDT
comment: Adobe needs to make Air app-installs simpler - dougsharp
As the coder and co-designer of ChipWits I agree with you whole-heartedly. For a large part of the coming year ChipWits will be the first AIR app for most people who install it. Once AIR gets widespread it will become easier.I don't know what to say about your negative opinion of Adobe. They are moving Flex to open source so the world can take a look at their code.
Doug Sharp
Monday, October 22 2007 @ 04:47 PM PDT
comment: Adobe needs to make Air app-installs simpler - Dylan_McNamee_905
As the original poster, with the latest version (of Chip Wits and Leopard), things install fine. One interesting point: when it launches, AIR complains "This application requires a version of AIR which is no longer supported. Please contact the author for an updated version". It worked even with this warning.Thursday, November 08 2007 @ 12:04 PM PST
comment: Adobe needs to make Air app-installs simpler - Dylan_McNamee_905
After posting this comment in the wrong place (it really belongs on the Adobe Air listing), I decided I owed it to the developer to try it out.The Air install failed with a message to quit and try again, which also failed. I'm running the latest beta of 10.5 (I'm an ADC member), but I'd figure that Adobe would have Air 10.5 compatible by now. I guess not.
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