Revolution Media Presentation Viewable on Web?

[Andre Garzia]

Before switching to Rev I was a REBOL coder, I have very fond  
memories of REBOL...


On Jun 28, 2006, at 8:58 AM, Bob Warren wrote:

> Dan Shafer wrote:
> >
> Delivering a Rev stack/app in DHTML would be
> such an awesome tool that I'd use it daily.
>
> ------------------------------------
> If you chappies discussing this thread (most of which is above my  
> head) think that comparison would be of any value, I suggest you  
> visit -
>
> http://www.rebol.com
>
> - to see what Carl Sassenrath is doing. Click on the following link:
>
> New REBOL Browser Plugin - New!
> New capabilities! Plus support for Firefox/Mozilla/Etc. and Opera
>
> Further information on this development can be found under Carl's  
> Blog entitled "Browser Plugin Update".
>
> The Windows only version is very much older, and you can see a demo  
> of it (including the fully automatic installation of the plugin) at  
> my own site:
>
> http://www.howsoft.com/runrev/vector_graphics_in_revolution.htm
>
> Scroll down to the picture of my sister-in-law's knitting machine  
> and you will find the instructions for the demo:
>
> "The above shows a Rebol program (script) running via a plugin in  
> the Internet Explorer/altBrowser. It's a slideshow with 10 raster  
> images. If you want to see how this works in the Internet Explorer  
> using a PC (and also in an altBrowser stack once you acquire it),  
> simply navigate to http://www.howsoft.com/photos for a demo. Rebol  
> will install its plugin automatically (2 seconds)**, and then the  
> pictures will be downloaded. Then, you can see the slideshow in the  
> browser."
>
> [** In the old days - Win XP SP1 - it used to take about 2 seconds  
> to install this plugin automatically, but now - with SP2 - you have  
> to give it permission. Nevertheless, it is very quick. What takes  
> longer is the download of the photos for the demo, but this has  
> nothing to do with the Rebol plugin itself.]
>
>
> As far as I can see, this development is relevant to what Rev may  
> or may not decide to implement in various ways, both technically  
> and also in terms of keeping up with "what's out there". In short,  
> just about any program written in Rebol can be run - with no hassle  
> - in the Windows Internet Explorer. The same facility for Firefox  
> etc. is still in alpha, but will probably be ready this year.  
> Everybody speaks about Java, Flash, etc., but nobody seems to be  
> really aware of what Rebol are up to. Also, as far as I can see, my  
> little demo is highly relevant to the Web presentation of media.
>
> Just thought I'd mention it.
>
> Regards,
> Bob
>
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