Is it soup yet?

[Tim]

on 1/10/02 6:50 PM, Ken Norris at pixelbird at interisland.net wrote:

> Hello RR list,
> 
> I just downloaded 1.1 because of the warning about the beta of 1.1.1. at the
> website. However, according to many of the recent posts I've been reading,
> it (1.1.1 beta) appears to have much fewer bugs than 1.1. So, I'm thinking I
> should have DL'd the 1.1.1 beta.

I've downloaded the beta and it definitely seems considerably more stable
than 1.1 on both Mac and W2K.
> 
> Should I go ahead and trash 1.1 and DL 1.1.1 beta instead, and go ahead and
> use it for development? I'm just beginning with RR, but I've been using HC
> 2.4.1 for some time, and want to transfer the shells and rebuild the color
> with appropriate handler changes, etc.

I would, unless you enjoy frequent crashes ;-)
> 
> What say ye?
> 
> Please note, I'm a bit intimidated by all the palettes, menu options, etc. I
> expect I'll be getting lost quite often for a while, so please be patient
> with 'dumb' questions. I'll be developing on a Mac. My goal with much of the
> software is to keep it simple and memory efficient enough to run on older
> machines, so impaired folks on fixed incomes can afford to use them.
> 
> There are several things I need to know about RR:
> 
> 1) Can I use it to control X-10 devices? Anything done with this type of
> thing yet?

I'm also interested in that. I know there's more PC software to control x-10
than Mac software. I'd love to know if RR could communicate with any x-10
device.
> 
> 2) I want to use it to send and receive text-only (for now, e.g., no
> attachments or graphics) eMail using something simple, like Claris. Or is it
> possible to build my own emailer with RR itself? How about this?

You could probably use RR with AppleScript for Claris. Or do the latter.
> 
> 3) I need to develop full speech feedback for the vision impaired. I know
> this will need to be handled differently on each platform, but that's OK.
> Anyone done such a thing? Are there examples for PC's (I know relatively
> little about P.C.'s or Windows)?
> 
> I'm quite excited about joining the group, using RR, et.al., and hope it's
> as friendly and helpful as the HC group.
> 
> Thanks, and best regards
> Ken N.
> 
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