why MetaCard?

[Richard MacLemale]

My nickel tossed into the pot...

IF you are the type of person that likes to build things from the ground up
(like me) MetaCard seems less intrusive.  It "feels" more like a toolbox,
whereas to me Rev "feels" more like a wall mounted set of fancy tools.  And
I agree with the statement about problems, in that you don't know if you've
found a bug in the MetaCard engine, of it it's in Rev.  However, I think the
Rev folks have done a really, really good job so far and the product is
constantly improving.  In this sense they take after MetaCard.  The very
first Macintosh beta of MetaCard was pretty bad, but it's just evolved and
evolved and evolved and gotten better and better, to the point where I
wouldn't ever want to use anything else.  I expect the same will happen with
Rev over time.  I don't think you can go wrong with either choice - MetaCard
may require you to invent your own widgets, but then the widgets are built
with your vision...


:)
Richard MacLemale
Instructional Technology Specialist
James W. Mitchell High School
http://mitchellonline.pasco.k12.fl.us