Richard and Sean, Good ideas. I had considered deploying it as a standalone that has sections that udate from a server, but worried that the new security requirements from Apple, in particular, discouraged (prohibited?) downloading code. Is that not true?
Bill William Prothero http://es.earthednet.org > On Mar 25, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Break it up into smaller substacks and have these loaded into the main > stack as needed. HH had an example of this. It would mean that you only > update the parts that need doing. I'm looking to add this into my webapp as > we speak as eventually there will be many sections the main stack will > access. > > If you wanted something pretty similar in function to Flash and Director, > Adobe have Animate. > https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/using/best-practices-tips-creating-content.html. > It's main purpose has been shifted more towards animators but still > functions just like Flash and Director with ActionScript. And deploys for > HTML5 too. > https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/how-to/convert-flash-ads-to-html5.html > > Sean > > >> On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 16:07, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> William Prothero wrote: >> >>> I’m back working on an educational app teaching plate tectonics. >>> When I think of pitfalls of distributing an actual app, I fondly >>> look at web distribution, like I used to be able to do with Director >>> in shockwave. >> >> Shockwave made many things about deployment simpler, but still required >> a one-time download and install. >> >> We can do this with LC so very easily, I'm surprised more people don't >> take advantage of it. >> >> I'm with you: deploying standalones for every little change is a >> time-eating drag. So I stopped doing it years ago. >> >> The standalones I deliver download updates from my server, so just like >> in a browser the user always has not only the latest data, but also the >> latest UI and underlying code. >> >> Sure, this means the user has a one-time download. But it's only one >> time, and they get a fully native app experience, with OS integration >> far beyond the limitations of a browser, and a UI completely dedicated >> to the app's task. >> >> I've had apps in the field for many years where I've delivered several >> dozen upgrades without ever needing to update the standalone, all with >> downloaded stack files. >> >> I like browsers for many things, and for content-driven works it's my >> first choice (mostly for strategy reasons rather than techincal). But >> for serious work I prefer a dedicated native app. My customers tell me >> they do too, and I've heard that from other devs about their customer >> feedback. >> >> No one wants the endless tedium of updating standalones, neither the >> user or us developers. But by decoupling the standalone from the stack >> files it uses, we can update those so quickly and easily the user never >> even needs to know it's happening. >> >> Have you considered a standalone that updates its stack files via HTTP? >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode