Revolution vs. MetaCard

[Sarah]

Hi Chris,

There are many people on this list more qualified than me to answer 
this one, but I'll make the first attempt and they can all jump in when 
I get it wrong :-)

Basically, Revolution IS Metacard but with a different front-end plus 
some added features. Revolution runs on the Metacard engine, so 
anything MC can do, Rev can do too (unless it is something that only 
appears in the latest version of MC - Rev is sometimes a version 
behind).

My recommendation would be to download both starter kits, have a go at 
the tutorials and see which one feels more comfortable. For me, 
Metacard had the power but didn't operate in a way I could relate to. 
Rev came along and I found that it suited me very well, so I chose Rev, 
but I realise this is just a personal preference. There have been some 
reports of Metacard being more stable, but most of Rev's instability is 
in the development environment. Compiled apps are extremely stable.

I can't help you with the database query. I know Rev has a lot of 
features for accessing various forms of external database, but I don't 
know how much of that is in MetaCard too.

Cheers,
Sarah

On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 02:22  am, Chris Sheffield wrote:

> My company is currently looking at several development
> tools to use for developing a reading comprehension
> program for elementary age students.  The program
> consists of several levels of stories that the student
> must interact with in different ways.  There is also a
> teacher management portion that the teachers use to
> administer tests and track student progress throughout
> the course.  A full reporting system is a must.
>
> Anyway, I have been seriously looking at Revolution,
> as I'm sure it would do the job for us, but then I
> heard mention of MetaCard, which sounds like almost
> exactly the same thing.  So my question is, what's the
> differency between the two?  Is one better than the
> other?  Does someone have something that compares the
> two?  Maybe a white paper or something like that?  Is
> one easier to use than the other?  How about database
> access?
>
> I would appreciate any feedback from anyone.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chris Sheffield
> Read Naturally
>
> P.S.  For a peak at what we're wanting to do, go to
> www.readnaturally.com.  The software is currently done
> in Macromedia Authorware.
>
>
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