Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-17 Thread Iluvatar
$Millions like the satellites they controlled. Horses for Courses ! -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/LiveCode-has-a-new-eye-on-the-earth-tp4660466p4660712.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-14 Thread Robert Sneidar
I don't think the world needs less "bitchers", I don't think that is possible. What the world needs is far fewer people who listen to them. :-) Hey! That is going on my Facebook page! Bob On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:24 AM, Bernard Devlin wrote: > Lotus Notes was basically destroyed by professional

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-13 Thread Mark Wieder
Bernard- Thank you. Yes, you're making my point quite well, but I can't tell whether that was the intention or whether you're trying to argue against it. For sheer functionality and showcasing the power of LiveCode, it's hard to beat the Landsat application. But I'd argue that displaying screensh

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-13 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 13.02.2013 at 10:24 Uhr + Bernard Devlin apparently wrote: Critcising the aesthetics of programmes produced by RAD tools has often been a way in which "professional programmers" have rubbished the useful (yet unpolished) tools that literally ran many businesses. The same thing happened wi

RE: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-13 Thread John Dixon
Well said...:-) Dixie > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:24:02 + > From: bdrun...@gmail.com > Critcising the aesthetics of programmes produced by RAD tools has often > been a way in which "professional programmers" have rubbished the useful > (yet unpolished) tools that literally ran many businesse

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-13 Thread Bernard Devlin
Critcising the aesthetics of programmes produced by RAD tools has often been a way in which "professional programmers" have rubbished the useful (yet unpolished) tools that literally ran many businesses. The same thing happened with Lotus Notes. It was an environment that permitted thousands of n

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Geoff Canyon
The key phrase here is (paraphrased): "We load 3000 to 4000 commands into the spacecraft daily. It's vital that we check every single command to ensure it will execute properly and without harming any part of the spacecraft. This check is always done under a short deadline, and it used to take thre

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Peter M. Brigham
On Feb 12, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > I don't care about the webpage. Halfway down there's a screenshot of the > LiveCode UI command panel. That's the part I'm complaining about. Yes, I do > get > your point about this being an impressive system, but the part that shows what > LC look

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Mark Wieder
Peter M. Brigham writes: > > The NASA people didn't create the webpage. Quarrel with the page design if you will, using LC to run a major > satellite data system is impressive. That's the point. It's worth letting people know about it. > I don't care about the webpage. Halfway down there's a s

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Mark Wieder
Geoff Canyon writes: > > If I had a dollar for every quick hack I've bodged together over the > years... Sure - and that goes for all of us. But the OP said "I love to use the NASA Landsat as an example of how LC is not just a hobbyist's language!" and I would draw the line at promoting a qui

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Peter M. Brigham
The NASA people didn't create the webpage. Quarrel with the page design if you will, using LC to run a major satellite data system is impressive. That's the point. It's worth letting people know about it. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig On Feb 12, 20

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Geoff Canyon
If I had a dollar for every quick hack I've bodged together over the years... On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Actually LiveCode is perfect for quick single purpose/single user app > development. I don't see why that should give it a bad name. > > -- > M E R Goulding > S

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Monte Goulding
Actually LiveCode is perfect for quick single purpose/single user app development. I don't see why that should give it a bad name. -- M E R Goulding Software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! On 13/02/2013, at 8:15 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Looks like a quick hack. >

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Mark Wieder
Geoff Canyon writes: > Who created it? Looks like a quick hack. It's the sort of thing that gives LiveCode a bad name... -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Geoff Canyon
Who created it? On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:43 PM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > I'm impressed by the unimpressive-ness of the interface. It was probably > written before 2002. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: > > > I guess, just don't use

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread stephen barncard
I'm impressed by the unimpressive-ness of the interface. It was probably written before 2002. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Colin Holgate wrote: > I guess, just don't use the phrase "you don't have to be a rocket > scientist to use LiveCode". > > > On Feb 12, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Monte Goulding

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Colin Holgate
I guess, just don't use the phrase "you don't have to be a rocket scientist to use LiveCode". On Feb 12, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > >I'm sure it's perfectly usable to those that know how to use it ;-) ___ use-livecode mailing list use

Re: LiveCode has a new eye on the earth

2013-02-12 Thread Monte Goulding
I'm sure it's perfectly usable to those that know how to use it ;-) On 13/02/2013, at 6:22 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Yow! That is one *ugly* interface. I'd just as soon not advertise that as our > poster child. -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding - software development services mergExt - There's a