Revolution Web Browser Plugin

[Luis]

That '1 cent' just went up in value in my books!

Cheers,

Luis.


Viktoras Didziulis wrote:
> let's hope somebody will do this within the next 5 years ;-). I wonder why
> Rev attracted so few Open Source developers and people willing to share
> their code. Collection of freely available and reusable Rev libraries
> comparing with repositories of languages like Perl, Python or even
> Javascript seems just a little bit above then the ground-zero. It is strange
>  having in mind the fact that most of the code for Perl, Python and a large
> portion of xhtml/javascript and the likes is written in text-only IDE's... 
>  
> But if we'd focus on this fact, maybe possibility to write code in a notepad
> (well, crimson editor and the likes ;-) ) is an advantage... Simply because
> you can write it anywhere... Currently scripting in Rev from scratch is not
> quite possible or is at least not documented/advertised well enough. May
> this distract some OS coders who feel quite comfortable hand-coding their
> logic.
>  
> Besides, keeping in mind current organization of stacks, fields, buttons,
> other objects and scripts, Revolution is just a small step away from having
> its own document object model. If one could describe programs in
> xml/transcript like xhtml/javascript, then this "warm and well familiar"
> development model would attract lots of [web] developers, because experience
> would be "similar to something I already know". Potentially this could make
> Revolution an alternative for web browsers, or even an industry-standard to
> deliver web enabled applications, who knows... Three alternative ways of
> coding: 1) WSIWYG - e.g. using Revolution IDE, 2) hand coding in Revscript
> and 3) describing software in rxml/revscript/css would attract developers
> with very diverse coding preferences. The 3-rd option would expose
> Revolution to currently exploding realm of user interface markup languages
> and thin-client application delivery tools like mozillas XUL, XAML, MXML,
> UIML, I3ML, LZX, WasabiXML, GTK+, ONE for MS .NET, Microsoft HTA/HTC apps,
> and others.
>  
> Initially this could seem in conflict with Runtimes' marketing strategy,
> because availability of free text-based coding choices would allow thousands
> of coders do their jobs without buying Revolution IDE. Still if one would
> think again, once people start hand-coding and experience at least a subset
> of capabilities of Rev engine, they would rush for Revolution IDE for
> exactly the same reason why web developers do buy proprietary WYSIWYG html
> builders and tools. 
>  
> Just my 1 cent 
> Viktoras 
>  
> -------Original Message------- 
>  
> From: Luis 
> Date: 11/02/06 18:59:44 
> To: How to use Revolution 
> Subject: Re: Revolution Web Browser Plugin 
>  
>  
> Richard Gaskin wrote: 
>  
> <kersnip> 
>  
>> My personal fave, not yet built but could be at any time: 
>> <http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-revolution/2006-June/083955.html> 
>>
>  
> Mmmm, chocolate... 
>  
> Getting OS developers to 'help' would be cool, but imagine if RunRev did 
> this, what a selling point! (Ok, another one...). 
>  
> Cheers, 
>  
> Luis. 
>  
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