rev apps on iPhone?

[Thomas McGrath III]

Kay I agree with you opinion on the iPhone as a platform summary.

I have to reply to the quote below however. I think that when I first  
started using Supercard and then Metacard and now Revolution my first  
impression was "Wow, I can write 'real' applications." I thought that  
was very cool. I tried to start writing applications. Then I hit the  
wall. Questions like you describe are natural when you are trying to  
build something and the only reference you have is the way existing  
applications handle this task or that task. So Asking how a feature  
can be accomplished in RR just like it is done in "Insert Name Here"  
seems to be a very natural thing.

I for one don't do much with tables, CGI, XML, etc. But instead I do a  
lot of visually oriented work and need a tool that can handle  
graphics, text, animation, movies, etc. just like "blank" does. But, I  
am doing it better. I want to make it do things the way I need it to.

So, 'core function' is not to be like these programs but to perform  
certain tasks in My Program that function similar to the tasks found  
in these programs. I use RR as a Multi-media tool, an Application  
development tool, an Rapid Application Development tool and for my  
real job I use RR as a Prototyping tool.

2 cents

Regards,

Tom McGrath

On Jun 28, 2008, at 8:45 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:

>
> Sometimes I read posts here about people wanting better this, or  
> better
> that, and usually they make a reference to some app like; 'it's been  
> in
> FileMaker for years, like Excel has, similar to PowerPoint, just like
> iTunes, etc etc'. This is worse than comparing chalk to cheese. I  
> rarely see
> any 'I want x,y or x, just like Xcode, or name your favourite  
> development
> environment.' I don't know, I've never really done much with Xcode,  
> but I
> imagine creating a table that works just like Excel probably takes a  
> lot of
> hard work.
>
> So I ask, what is Revs 'core function'. Is it to become more like
> FileMaker,Excel,PowerPoint,iCal,PhotoShop,etc etc? or is to make
> cross-platform app development 'in general' easier? (I guess the  
> definition
> of 'in general' is where opinion will be most varied:-)