megabundle thoughts

[Alex Tweedly]

I kind of agree with Paul (though I ame to the opposite conclusion).

Once I discounted the items I'd already paid for (conferences, courses, 
books, etc.) and the multi-year future licensing already paid, the value 
of the megabundle shrank from "amazing" to "pretty good".

I decided to go ahead anyway (so I now have a $300 or $399 voucher that 
I may never get to use).


But about the widgets ....

I am very impressed by the PolyList widget; it lets you make 
sophisticated looking lists, including multi-column ones, very easy; I 
always disliked the fact that DataGrid couldn't do multi-column. I do 
think it needs, and will get, improvements (for example, I'd like to see 
a graphic UI to specify dataLayout - the current way seems kind of 
late-80's-ish :-)

Polygrid looks like it could be useful in the right place - haven't used 
it yet.

Responsive layout - seems like a great addition - I look forward to 
trying it out, but haven't got there yet.

Haven't yet investigated the others. I think they could all do with 
better documentation and examples, so I'm really waiting for a tutorial 
or blog from Steven before I dive into each :-)

Oh - and last thought - they could *really* do with a better release / 
version system, but that should resolve itself over time.

Alex.


On 05/08/2022 17:51, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
> On 8/5/2022 12:32 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
>> i have not seen much discussion of the megabundle, especially about the
>> widgets, etc.
>> i'm not sure if it's worth the $.
>> thoughts?
>>
>
> I think the widgets are great additions to Livecode. That said, I have 
> not purchased the MegaBundle. My Livecode commercial/business/whatever 
> license is paid out to something like 2023 or 2024 due to past fund 
> raising where the mothership offered license extensions as part of the 
> packages in those efforts. I am licensed for all platforms, with the 
> professional extensions, so I don't need any more platforms and I 
> really don't need my license extended or any store credits. If there 
> had been a bundle offering that was JUST the extra widgets and stuff 
> without an LC license stuff bundled in, I would have bought one.
>
> I don't like to get too far ahead of LC licensing. After all I could 
> get hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow and having 2 years or prepaid 
> LC licensing would go to waste (for me at least).
>
> So, I think it is worth the $ if you need additional platforms and/or 
> your license extended (if it is about to expire in, say, another 15 
> months or less). It may not be worth the $ if you are all set for the 
> next couple of years on LC licensing itself.
>
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