Advanced SearchUser Name FourthWorld
Member Since 2001-04-10
Total number of Feedback Posts: 8
Total number of comments: 5
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Revolution 2.8.1 (Mac OS X)
Strongest ROI of any tool I've used 
I've been developing commercial applications with Revolution since v1.0, and this latest version is the best yet. In my 20 years as a professional developer I've used more than a dozen tools, and Rev delivers the strongest return on investment for myself and my clients. Its extremely high-level language and rich object model let me go from design to prototype to finished work, all in one environment and in record time. Revolution 2.8.1 may be a minor upgrade, but it represents a significant step forward in both features and robustness. I'm not sure what some of the other comments here are talking about, but I noticed that one of them is the only post in all of VersionTracker that he's made. Maybe he works for a competitor, I don't know. All I know is I'm moving four companies forward with apps we've built with Rev, at a significantly lower cost than we would have incurred using just about anything else. It's definitely a different way of working if you're used to lower-level languages, but once you get the hang of it I'd be surprised if your results aren't like mine. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, May 16 2007 @ 12:14 PM PDT
Republic - The Revolution 1.0 (Mac OS X)
...but as a PowerBook user I find my system strained to keep up with it. I don't normally play games, but enjoy a good sim now and then. Republic is a great concept, and with the ongoing issues in the many former Soviet states like Kyrzygstan it remains timely. But alas I can't say I love it. In fact, without the horsepower it needs I can't even say I've finished it. I've left my saved games in place and intend to get back to them, but I'll have to wait until I get a faster machine. I hope the company reps read this and consider the possibility of a redesigned re-release with fewer features, blowing off the graphic glits and focusing on the core strategy which is the heart of the game. This is a wonderful option for people like me who don't play many games but who do find sims and political strategy interesting. I recommend it with the caveats noted above, and in the hopes that the developer will consider bringing the game back to its roots as an interesting political simulation. [alert admin]
Friday, April 08 2005 @ 12:20 AM PDT
Revolution 2.5 (Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000)
Strongest ROI of any dev tool I've used
Rev is an unusual way of working, but it gives an unusually strong ROI for the brief learning curve. I've been shipping commercial apps with it for years, and this latest release is the most rock-solid yet. Thanks, Rev team! [alert admin]
Wednesday, March 09 2005 @ 01:34 PM PST
Revolution 2.5.1 (Mac OS X)
Strongest ROI of any dev tool I've used
Rev is an unusual way of working, but it gives an unusually strong ROI for the brief learning curve. I've been shipping commercial apps with it for years, and this latest release is the most rock-solid yet. Thanks, Rev team! [alert admin]
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Wednesday, March 09 2005 @ 01:33 PM PST
4W WebMerge X 2.3 (Mac OS X)
Unicode text support is currently in development, along with a few other goodies. :) [alert admin]
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Wednesday, September 08 2004 @ 01:46 AM PDT
WebMerge 1.9.3b2 (Mac OS 9, Mac OS X)
think he downloaded WebMerge, or even read the description carefully. A crontab is a generic scheduler for automating tasks on UNIX systems, and isn't related to generating static Web pages from database files. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, February 26 2002 @ 09:04 PM PST
SuperJPG 4.5 (Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000)
and more than 7500 downloads for Mac version - check it out. [alert admin]
Saturday, June 23 2001 @ 10:51 AM PDT
MetaCard 2.3.2 (Mac OS 9)
capable rapid application development tool I've ever worked with, and I've worked just about all of 'em. Probably the fastest interpreter of any 4GL, with a rich and flexible object model, and easy-to-learn HyperTalk-based scripting language. The development environment shows its UNIX roots, which may be an initial turn-off to folks accustomed to ToolBook or HyperCard, but once you learn it you'll be able to do far more than you can with any other cross-platform tool. [alert admin]
Wednesday, April 11 2001 @ 12:36 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by FourthWorld [ Search for All ]
ThinkFree Office Java Bug report
I can confirm your report. I've also written ThinkFree; we'll see if I get a reply any faster than you. I was surprised that there was nothing at ThinkFree's Help site on this. Seems an obvious omission. Sure wish I had seen your report before I installed the Java update. :(
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Tuesday, December 18 2007 @ 10:27 PM PST
Hangs on startup, black screen
I managed to find the previous build so I'm back in the game. I also donated US$50 to the effort. It's moving in a good direction, and I'm happy to contribute to see it completed. Thanks for all your hard work.
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Friday, March 31 2006 @ 10:26 AM PST
Hangs on startup, black screen
I can certainly understand your position, but it may be a buit of a catch-22: folks are more likely to donate if it runs. Any chance of handing the code over to Mac developers?
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Saturday, March 25 2006 @ 05:35 PM PST
Hangs on startup, black screen
The previous version was much more stable. This one throws the "Bad polygon error" whenever I fire, and after creating a new user it won't let me select "New Game". Is the previous build available?
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Friday, March 24 2006 @ 09:07 AM PST
I can't find the Descent II product anywhere. If it's no longer in distribution why is it locked away?
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Thursday, September 29 2005 @ 03:21 PM PDT
