LiveCode Personal Banner

[Francis Nugent Dixon]

Hi from Beautiful Brittany,

Terry Judd wrote :

> What about creating a personal 'player' application that starts up
> automatically and is just left running in the background.

That's what I do. I have my favourite stack names in a tiny list,
displayed by a "Call.app" loaded in my Mac Startup, sitting in
a corner of my screen (OK - so I have a "20 iMac and a second
"24 screen, so I have plenty of space !).
My Favourite stacks load in 1 second. So much for my own personal use.

As for the 10 second banner on standalones, I imagine that RunRev needs
the publicity, to try and increase its User Base. I always learned that
it is not publicity that sells a product, but the satisfied users.
I spend quite some time with my friends giving glowing reports about how
I use RunRev, and what I do with it. They are always impressed,  
especially
when they see it all on screen. Whether they buy the product is a  
different
problem. I don't know many people who do, want to, or will ever,  
program,
however enticing the product is. RunRev is a niche product, the User  
Base
will always be limited. Hypercard was enticing, but LiveCode is SO  
powerful,
and SO extensive, that it can switch off amateurs in 30 seconds flat !

FMPOV, the people who stand to gain the most from the LiveCode Banner,  
are
professional programmers (quite a lot floating on this forum) who will  
get
requests from people who would like to see their "problem" turned into  
an "app",
and are prepared to put some money up for it.

If you are an amateur LiveCode user, skate around the problem. If you  
are
a professional LiveCode user, thank RunRev for opening your potential to
make some more money. How many of you already have your own "Site"  
banner ?

Instead of moaning, why don't you persuade RunRev to set up a list of  
program
developers on the RunRev site (with their speciality and site address) !
Charge them $10 a year - they'll jump at it ! Then, everybody will be  
happy .. :>)

-Francis

"Nothing should ever be done for the first time !"