Dreamcard, am I missing something?

[Peter T. Evensen]

There is no option to disable the Online Viewer in the DreamCard player, 
since the Online Viewer is the only way to open a stack.  That is the crux 
of my complaint.

If the player gave people a normal open file dialog, it would be 
easier.  It took me a while to realize I had to hit the folder icon to open 
a stack on the disk.  It would also be nice if you could double click a 
.rev file on Windows and have it launch the player.  I think one problem 
with this working is that the player on Windows isn't really just a 
player.  It is a short cut that is run with "-player."

If you double click the Authorware runtime, it presents a get file dialog 
asking what to run.  That would seem to be less confusing than the Online 
Viewer.  Perhaps it could have a button on the Get File dialog that says 
"Browse Online Stacks" if the user spaces online are a common way to 
distribute Dreamcard stacks.

At 07:49 PM 6/10/2005, you wrote:
>The original question mentioned the Online Viewer launching.  I don't
>know about DreamCard, but it's probably the same as in Rev:  all you
>have to do is uncheck the Launch Rev Online box in the Preference
>panel and it's gone.  Soooooo... it isn't a problem.
>
>Mark
>
>On Jun 10, 2005, at 2:21 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:
>
>>Then  you should buy the full version of Revolution so you can
>>create standalone applications for which there are NO splash screen
>>or other attribution requirements.
>>
>>One of the differences between Dreamcard and Revolution is
>>precisely this ability. I'm hard pressed to see how you have a
>>legitimate complaint here when the ability to solve it once and for
>>all is available. RunRev make Dreamcard available as an option for
>>those who don't want to purchase a full Revolution license; if they
>>made the two products identical, they'd have to charge the same for
>>them.
>>
>>Or am i missing something really obvious here?
>>On Jun 10, 2005, at 1:34 PM, Mark Swindell wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yes, but it shouldn't oughta have to come down to that.  I dislike
>>>intervening screens when I open my stacks, or any program, for
>>>that matter.  It's just not polite behavior to jump into the
>>>middle of things without being invited
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