You are right, Hermann - did not mean that to be mean-spirited to my home country, which I actually rather love.
My apologies. I do think that "wait" can be useful sometimes, but not often. I was just surprised at the effort they are taking to reproduce "wait" in HTML deployment. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 29, 2017, at 8:51 AM, hh via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > #wait > I don't miss the "wait" handler in HTML5 and I wouldn't miss it in LC Script. > I even don't know of any use case where "send in <time>" (which works > perfectly > in HTML5) isn't superior to "wait". Especially when connected to > move/animation. > > Also I don't miss "wait" in LC Builder. There OnTimer() is the superior > 'substitute'. > > @Jonathan > And your 'syncing' skills, demonstrated several times, show that you dont need > it. It's sometimes comfortable to write "wait 1 millisec with messages", but > nothing more, it is not an essential command. > >> Jonathan wrote: >> Either I am misunderstanding, or the concept of what is difficult in Scotland >> is shedloads harder than what we puny Americans think. > > Jonathan, please think about such nasty national statements. There's no need > for that. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
