Is Rev ready for commercial applications?

[Peter Reid]

>As someone who has worked extensively with Hypercard, Supercard, OMO, and
>Toolbook, I'm impressed with Rev so far. It seems to have lots of potential.
>1.1.1 appears much more stable.
>
>We're considering coming out with a CD based on Rev very shortly. Our
>product is mostly data, so the interface work can go very quickly.
>
>The big question: can 1.1.1 be used for a commercial product? Will this
>version time out or is it good to go? Can we expect a product built on a Mac
>using relatively simple Rev features to work reliably on Windows (if not
>Unix)?
>
>We appreciate any feedback on these issues.

I've just released a dual platform CD-ROM developed using Rev 1.0. 
Rev 1.1 was still in beta testing and had a couple of show stoppers 
(for my project) which have been resolved in Rev 1.1.1.  If you're 
interested in finding out a bit about the project (learning to draw 
and earn money from cartoons!), take a look at the following web site:

    http://www.getcartooning.com

The cartooning course consists of 10 modules in Acrobat (launched by 
the Rev program on the CD), 32 mins of QT video (displayed within the 
Rev program screens using the Player object), 180+ cartoons with 
explanations and 60 tips in a pop-up window.  Total size is about 
580Mb on a hybrid CD-ROM that runs on Macs and Windows PCs. Even 
though Rev 1.0 didn't allow me to produce a native Mac OS X version, 
the "classic" version runs fine under Mac OS X as well as Mac OS 8/9 
etc.

The only problem I have is that under Win NT/2000/XP the Rev 1.0 
revGoURL didn't work fully - it opens a browser, but doesn't actually 
go to the URL!  This is fixed in Rev 1.1.1.  Otherwise it runs fine 
on Macs (PPC), Win 95/98/98SE/ME as well as Win NT/2000/XP.  As the 
GoURL feature is a very minor aspect of CD-ROM we're not rushing to 
replace the initial stock run just for this tiny blip!

Cheers

Peter