Re: Modal vs modeless

2013-02-25 Thread Devin Asay
I don't think modal stacks have decorations. It's determined by the OS on both Mac and Windows. See http://livecode.byu.edu/stackwindows/stacks.php. Scroll down to the Modal section. HTH Devin On Feb 25, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > Nope, just: modal stack "Yadda" > > > --

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Andrew Kluthe
It does exactly that. I have the starts of a stripe library somewhere I think from a while back. I haven't done any payments with it, but it handles auth and what not. Stripe's primary API relies a lot on SSL for encryption en route, and has a pretty nice testing interface. You can test your app w

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/25/13 11:27 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: I could have second life open on one system and hangout open on another :) hmmm... Yes! It would be, as they say, the best of both worlds. On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: I'd never remember my log in details. I used an old, no

Re: Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread Peter Haworth
Hi COlin, You're not buying anything, you're donating money for which you get something free in return. I think that's how the IRS would treat it if they decided to audit you. Once again though, I'm not an accountant so should probably check with someone of that profession. Pete lcSQL Software <

Re: Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
On 26/02/2013, at 4:29 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > It's a donation, not a license fee. However, I'm not an accountant so will > leave it to the penny pushers to enlighten us :-) Hehe... push the button and deal with your accountant and wife/husband later... -- M E R Goulding Software developme

Re: Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread Peter Haworth
It's a donation, not a license fee. However, I'm not an accountant so will leave it to the penny pushers to enlighten us :-) Pete lcSQL Software On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Shawn Blc wrote: > I don't see why you couldn't deduct a software license as a business > exp

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Andrew Kluthe
I could have second life open on one system and hangout open on another :) hmmm... On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: > I'd never remember my log in details. I used an old, non-existent email > address, too. > > Gerry > > > On 26/02/2013, at 2:14 PM, J. Landman Gay > wrote: >

Need good USB HID driver for LiveCode under Windows

2013-02-25 Thread Mitchell Duncan
Hi All, Can anyone direct me to a source for a good USB (HID) driver package for windows that I could possible integrate into a LiveCode app? Or .. Is anyone using an already debugged Win USB HID driver in their own LiveCode app? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Cheers, Mit

Re: Making icons for desktop apps?

2013-02-25 Thread David C.
> What do LiveCoders use to make icons these days? Is there one program that > can handle both Windows and Mac that anyone would recommend? IconWorkshop is > a Windows program that apparently does everything, but it's fairly pricey. At > the other end of the scale there are free icon editors, s

in app purchases

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
Howdy A little question for those of you that have implemented in app purchases. The lesson here http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/4069/l/48771-How-do-I-implement-in-app-purchases-in-LiveCode- states that mobileEnablePurchaseUpdates and mobileDisablePurchaseUpdates should be turned on and

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Gerry Orkin
I'd never remember my log in details. I used an old, non-existent email address, too. Gerry On 26/02/2013, at 2:14 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/25/13 8:49 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: >> Ooops, and I meant to say...I'd prefer a hangout than to have to re-join >> SL... > > If you had a free ac

Re: Modal vs modeless

2013-02-25 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Nope, just: modal stack "Yadda" -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com On Feb 25, 2013, at 11:29 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > hmm... so are you just: > modal > > or are you doing something else?? > On 26/02/2013, at 3:15 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > >> title,men

Re: Modal vs modeless

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
hmm... so are you just: modal or are you doing something else?? On 26/02/2013, at 3:15 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > title,menu,minimize,maximize,close > > > -- Tom McGrath III > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com > mcgra...@mac.com > > On Feb 25, 2013, at 11:11 PM, Monte Goulding > wrote: > >

Re: Modal vs modeless

2013-02-25 Thread Thomas McGrath III
title,menu,minimize,maximize,close -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com On Feb 25, 2013, at 11:11 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > That's sure an odd one. What are the decorations of the stack. > > On 26/02/2013, at 2:55 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > >> I seem to be

Re: Modal vs modeless

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
That's sure an odd one. What are the decorations of the stack. On 26/02/2013, at 2:55 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote: > I seem to be forgetting a bunch of stuff lately. Anyway, I want to use a > modal type dialog with full decorations but when I modal a stack I get > nothing at all. I don't remem

Modal vs modeless

2013-02-25 Thread Thomas McGrath III
I seem to be forgetting a bunch of stuff lately. Anyway, I want to use a modal type dialog with full decorations but when I modal a stack I get nothing at all. I don't remember that being the case. If I modeless a stack I get the decorations but now the end user can click on the window behind th

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/25/13 8:50 PM, Roger Eller wrote: I am excited to see what you've built. Please send a teleport url, (time travel optional). I'll let you know eventually. It's been a long time between visits lately. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Roger Eller
Not bad. Pretty cool actually. Sent from my Pipo M2 On Feb 25, 2013 10:08 PM, "Monte Goulding" wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ9H-tzKxY > > On 26/02/2013, at 2:01 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > > > C'mon Monte, go ahead and bang out a hangout to SL bridge external. ;-p > > -- > M E R Goul

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/25/13 8:49 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: Ooops, and I meant to say...I'd prefer a hangout than to have to re-join SL... If you had a free account you don't have to re-join. They never delete those. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZ9H-tzKxY On 26/02/2013, at 2:01 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > C'mon Monte, go ahead and bang out a hangout to SL bridge external. ;-p -- M E R Goulding Software development services Bespoke application development for vertical markets mergExt - There's an external

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Roger Eller
C'mon Monte, go ahead and bang out a hangout to SL bridge external. ;-p Sent from my Pipo M2 On Feb 25, 2013 9:55 PM, "Monte Goulding" wrote: > > On 26/02/2013, at 1:49 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: > > > Ooops, and I meant to say...I'd prefer a hangout than to have to re-join > SL... > > Yeah, I thin

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Roger Eller
I see there are two hangouts posted so far. Sent from my Pipo M2 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listin

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
On 26/02/2013, at 1:49 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: > Ooops, and I meant to say...I'd prefer a hangout than to have to re-join SL... Yeah, I think it's likely to gain a bit more traction as a hangout. Less jumping through hoops to get involved anyway... -- M E R Goulding Software development servic

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Roger Eller
I am excited to see what you've built. Please send a teleport url, (time travel optional). Sent from my Pipo M2 On Feb 25, 2013 9:39 PM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote: > On 2/25/13 8:21 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > >> Sounds like you know your way around SL. Do you have virtual land, or do >> you have a sp

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Gerry Orkin
Ooops, and I meant to say...I'd prefer a hangout than to have to re-join SL... Gerry On 26/02/2013, at 1:48 PM, Gerry Orkin wrote: > Years ago I advised a masters student who was writing her thesis on community > formation in Second Life. She did a couple of academic presentations there, > t

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Gerry Orkin
Years ago I advised a masters student who was writing her thesis on community formation in Second Life. She did a couple of academic presentations there, to an audience of bemused furries, superheros and southern belles. It was hysterical. Didn't realise it was still operating :) Gerry On 26

Bay Area Meetup

2013-02-25 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi All: We've set up a google hangout for our event that you *might* be able to connect to if you have a gmail address and plus account: http://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/google.com/42535777 It's smoke and mirrors... Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/25/13 8:21 PM, Roger Eller wrote: Sounds like you know your way around SL. Do you have virtual land, or do you have a specific place in mind? Three of us rent about a quarter of a private island. I've built it up from scratch and it's awfully pretty if I do say so myself. I scripted a fe

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Roger Eller
We have "honorary cool kid" badges. ;-) Sent from my Pipo M2 On Feb 25, 2013 9:27 PM, "Monte Goulding" wrote: > So the cool kids aren't coming to my party... nice... it's like high > school all over again > > On 26/02/2013, at 1:21 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > > > Sounds like you know your way arou

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
So the cool kids aren't coming to my party... nice... it's like high school all over again On 26/02/2013, at 1:21 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > Sounds like you know your way around SL. Do you have virtual land, or do > you have a specific place in mind? > > Sent from my Pipo M2 > On Feb 25, 2013 9:1

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Roger Eller
Sounds like you know your way around SL. Do you have virtual land, or do you have a specific place in mind? Sent from my Pipo M2 On Feb 25, 2013 9:15 PM, "J. Landman Gay" wrote: > On 2/25/13 8:04 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > >> For the more adventurous, why not meet in a 3D virtual world? I don't ha

another article

2013-02-25 Thread Colin Holgate
Not from me, don't know who instigated this one: http://gigaom.com/2013/02/25/kickstarter-campaign-for-new-age-hypercard-development-app-wraps-up/ ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/25/13 8:04 PM, Roger Eller wrote: For the more adventurous, why not meet in a 3D virtual world? I don't have a Google + account, but Second Life is a great and free way to experience a gathering of people. It can even recreate real world places. http://secondlife.com/destinations/real I w

Re: Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread Shawn Blc
If you're in the US it's a business expense. On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > Would it need to be a charity? For example, when I do my taxes this time > I'm going to be claiming the money I spent on the RunRev conference and on > my complete license. Wouldn't the Kicksta

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Roger Eller
For the more adventurous, why not meet in a 3D virtual world? I don't have a Google + account, but Second Life is a great and free way to experience a gathering of people. It can even recreate real world places. http://secondlife.com/destinations/real Sent from my Pipo M2 On Feb 25, 2013 5:33 PM,

Re: Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread Colin Holgate
Would it need to be a charity? For example, when I do my taxes this time I'm going to be claiming the money I spent on the RunRev conference and on my complete license. Wouldn't the Kickstarter payment be a mixture of investment and product purchasing? On Feb 25, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Peter Hawort

Re: Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread Shawn Blc
I don't see why you couldn't deduct a software license as a business expense. However, it's definitely not a charitable donation. On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > Not unless RunRev are a registered charity in the USA (not likely). > > In fact, If I remember rightly, Kic

Re: Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread Peter Haworth
Not unless RunRev are a registered charity in the USA (not likely). In fact, If I remember rightly, Kickstarter won't accept charity projects. Pete lcSQL Software On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:12 AM, stephen barncard < stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > Is there a US

Re: Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Gerry Orkin
Good plan. That's 12:30am Eastern Time, I believe... Gerry On 26/02/2013, at 9:37 AM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi Folks > > Well I for one want to pop a cork when this things over... or drown my > miseries.. either way it would be nice not to be so isolated from the rest of > you. By reckoni

Re: Making icons for desktop apps?

2013-02-25 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 2/25/13 5:24 PM, Graham Samuel wrote: What do LiveCoders use to make icons these days? Is there one program that can handle both Windows and Mac that anyone would recommend? IconWorkshop is a Windows program that apparently does everything, but it's fairly pricey. At the other end of the scale

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Richard Miller
All I want to do is capture the cc data as it comes off the card's stripe (as Colin says... converted into simple data through Rev), encrypt this data, then send it somewhere for processing and deposit into my account... with a result returned. I'd prefer avoiding any additional setup or coding

Re: Copying fields sometimes doesn't copy their content. But when?

2013-02-25 Thread David Epstein
Many thanks to Jacqueline for providing the master key to this question. By trial and error, I think I have confirmed this rule: "Copy to " will include the text of the field(s) in the new copy ONLY if (a) the sharedText property of the field is TRUE, or (b) the field is on the card that i

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Andrew Kluthe
I do not believe so. It's not the best solution for everyone, but it was the most *painless* solution I have used. Andrew On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel < s...@magicgate.com> wrote: > But can Stripe integrate with card swiping hardware and provide the > merchan

Re: Making icons for desktop apps?

2013-02-25 Thread Matthias Rebbe
Graham, i am using Axialis IconWorkshop since version 3, if i remember right. I am working completely on Mac, but IconWorkshop is one of 3 tools i am still using on windows. Not on a Windows computer, but on a virtual machine. You are right, it is a little bit pricey. But you get a lifetime l

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Jerry Jensen
On Feb 25, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Mark Talluto wrote: > On Feb 25, 2013, at 1:00 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > >> Credit card swipers just act like a keyboard input. You would listen for the >> keys being pressed, build up the data, then when the return character comes >> in you process the text. >>

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Richard Miller
I had put together a Rev/Authorize.net solution together a years ago. It worked fine, but took a fair bit of work to construct. I would need to set up a new authorize account and merchant processor, as well as SSL certificates. I know it can be done. I was just hoping there was a better (read:

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
Richard I just checked and Stripe does not interface with any known hardware: https://stripe.com/us/help/faq#who-should-not-use-stripe Now, you can do as Colin says and just use the hardware swiper that you have as an input device, however, there is a difference in credit card rates from a "ca

Making icons for desktop apps?

2013-02-25 Thread Graham Samuel
What do LiveCoders use to make icons these days? Is there one program that can handle both Windows and Mac that anyone would recommend? IconWorkshop is a Windows program that apparently does everything, but it's fairly pricey. At the other end of the scale there are free icon editors, some of w

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Scott Rossi
This looks really cool, Andrew, thanks for sharing. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 2/25/13 2:48 PM, "Andrew Kluthe" wrote: >That's the benefit of using Stripe in this situation. Stripe takes the >place of a traditional gateway/processor/merchant account s

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
But can Stripe integrate with card swiping hardware and provide the merchant with the "card present" rate? SKIP On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > That's the benefit of using Stripe in this situation. Stripe takes the > place of a traditional gateway/processor/merchant acc

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Andrew Kluthe
That's the benefit of using Stripe in this situation. Stripe takes the place of a traditional gateway/processor/merchant account setup. >From their FAQ, Why is Stripe better than the other options I'm considering? > Glad you asked! Here are som

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel
I have always used Authorize.net and their backend gateway / API. SKIP On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > I am quite fond of using Stripe for various payment systems. Their api > is accessible over HTTPS and I have used it in the past with revServer. > Although I have neve

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Talluto
On Feb 25, 2013, at 1:00 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > Credit card swipers just act like a keyboard input. You would listen for the > keys being pressed, build up the data, then when the return character comes > in you process the text. > > > On Feb 25, 2013, at 3:40 PM, Richard Miller wrote: >

Post campaign party

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Folks Well I for one want to pop a cork when this things over... or drown my miseries.. either way it would be nice not to be so isolated from the rest of you. By reckoning my we end on the 28th at 11:30AM GMT. So... how about we hangout here: https://plus.google.com/events/c9ps7jck84e2gfpt7

Re: Richards talk seems to have gone down well

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Talluto
On Feb 25, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > In discussion with the many people who came up to me to ask about LiveCode > through the rest of the weekend, it seemed more than a few had become > seriously curious about this strange new toy. We'll see how it goes... Very cool! Sounds

Re: Richards talk seems to have gone down well

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
Sounds like a great talk Richard. I think it's too easy for people to dismiss the hello world type demo with .. it's just a toy if that's all it can do. Maybe in an education setting that's fine but certainly not at UbuCon. Real case studies like you delivered clearly demonstrate that you can pr

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Malte Brill
This must happen!!! Kevin promised to grow a beard if it happens. No way to miss that! Go,go,go!!! ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: htt

stretch goals

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
Hi Folks I'm now positive that this community now has the drive to push this thing over the line. I now want to hear about RunRev's first stretch goal. What will they deliver if we push this to £400k? Cheers -- M E R Goulding Software development services Bespoke application development for v

Re: Huffington Post article

2013-02-25 Thread Colin Holgate
This article is live: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-pavley/coding_b_2760727.html It's not just a quick mention, it's a full article, that leads up to talking about LiveCode and the Kickstarter project. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode

thank you, iJames

2013-02-25 Thread Colin Holgate
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=114972 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-live

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Devin Asay
Lads and lasses, I would humbly suggest this is not the time for strategizing on plan B or C. Just a week ago I was feeling pessimistic about the Kickstarter campaign. Not today. Consider these facts: - One week ago the pledge total was less than £150K. Right now we are pushing £290K, and £300

Re: New mobile OS

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Wieder
Scott Rossi writes: > I like the fact that their differentiator is round icons No doubt Microsoft already trademarked rectangular icon spaces for win8. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runre

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Smith
Kevin Miller wrote > At this stage of the campaign, what we need is positive focus on making > this happen. Discussion of a Plan B is not appropriate just now. Only by > remaining positive will this campaign succeed. Lets make it happen we are > so close! Just passed 80%. > > Kind regards, > > Ke

Re: New mobile OS

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Wieder
Monte Goulding writes: > Appears to be only. Html5 apps... Yes. Well, this *is* Mozilla we're talking about... -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Richard Miller
I understand how card swiper's work. No issue there. It's the cc processing solution I need solutions for. Andrew... thanks for the Stripe suggestion. I'll look into it. Richard On 2/25/13 4:00 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: Credit card swipers just act like a keyboard input. You would listen f

Re: New mobile OS

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
Yeah, this is the thing Andre was playing with I think... Appears to be only. Html5 apps... -- M E R Goulding Software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! On 26/02/2013, at 6:56 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: > For some reason, Mozilla is launching a new mobile OS: > >

Re: New mobile OS

2013-02-25 Thread Scott Rossi
I like the fact that their differentiator is round icons and a cool animated fox: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/partners/# Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On 2/25/13 11:56 AM, "Mark Wieder" wrote: >For some reason, Mozilla is launching a new mobile OS

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Colin Holgate
Credit card swipers just act like a keyboard input. You would listen for the keys being pressed, build up the data, then when the return character comes in you process the text. On Feb 25, 2013, at 3:40 PM, Richard Miller wrote: > I need a way to process a swiped credit card through Rev. The

Re: tweet that made me laugh

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Wieder
Colin Holgate writes: > Well, in the end she outed John Gruber about not replying to my email! Ha! Ilene came to check out a little usergroup meeting we threw together at MacWorld a few years ago. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-

Re: LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Andrew Kluthe
I am quite fond of using Stripe for various payment systems. Their api is accessible over HTTPS and I have used it in the past with revServer. Although I have never used it to process payments from inside a livecode application, I have made livecode applications that use their api to track sales. I

Re: tweet that made me laugh

2013-02-25 Thread Ben Rubinstein
Well done both. I also wrote to Gruber (just using his generic published contact email) a week ago, but didn't get a reply. Let's hope Ilene Hoffman smokes him out! On 25/02/2013 20:44, Randy Hengst wrote: I contacted John Gruber in early February and connected LiveCode to his MacWorld arti

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
Lets just not fail. I hate to loose... Too many rowing races ingrained that in me. We are within range. Lets take it home folks! -- M E R Goulding Software development services mergExt - There's an external for that! On 26/02/2013, at 7:18 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > All. > > > If we do fai

Re: Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread Randy Hengst
I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on TV… but maybe it would be tax deductible if you didn't take the reward. be well, randy - On Feb 25, 2013, at 2:12 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > Is there a US tax advantage in making large pledges? > > sqb > > -- > - ! - > > > Stephen Barncard >

Re: tweet that made me laugh

2013-02-25 Thread Randy Hengst
I contacted John Gruber in early February and connected LiveCode to his MacWorld article… he actually responded to me, but I've not seen anything on Daring Fireball about the LiveCode Kickstarter campaign. See below… for his response…. On 03 Feb 2013, at 12:26pm, Randy Hengst wrote: > I read

LC and credit card processing

2013-02-25 Thread Richard Miller
I haven't followed recent developments in this area, so I'm looking for suggestions. I need a way to process a swiped credit card through Rev. The user is interacting via a touch screen (no keyboard or mouse). Just need to process the card info... no address info. The card swipe unit is attac

tweet that made me laugh

2013-02-25 Thread Colin Holgate
I had asked Ilene Hoffman for suggestions of people to approach, and she gave me some ideas, and told me to say that she had given me their email address. I wrote to a few of them, but none replied. So I asked Ilene if she would tweet about LiveCode, in a way that might encourage others to retwe

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Jim Kanter
"Do or do not. There is no try." --Yoda and Kickstarter ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-li

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 02/25/2013 10:18 PM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: All. If we do fail, cannot we simply start again, with a goal set slightly lower, and assume (hope?) that all the original pledges will be repeated? If more comes in, and it seems that time is on our side, it simply means, well, more. I bet if t

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread dunbarx
All. If we do fail, cannot we simply start again, with a goal set slightly lower, and assume (hope?) that all the original pledges will be repeated? If more comes in, and it seems that time is on our side, it simply means, well, more. I bet if the deadline was extended even one week, the goal

Kickstarter: Donations tax deductible?

2013-02-25 Thread stephen barncard
Is there a US tax advantage in making large pledges? sqb -- - ! - Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA * * more about sqb -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb _

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 02/25/2013 10:08 PM, Kevin Miller wrote: It is not possible to make a change to either the funding amount or the deadline. It is not possible to get any sort of exception. Period. Kickstarter are cast iron about this, it is one of their fundamental principals. At this stage of the campaign, w

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Kevin Miller
It is not possible to make a change to either the funding amount or the deadline. It is not possible to get any sort of exception. Period. Kickstarter are cast iron about this, it is one of their fundamental principals. At this stage of the campaign, what we need is positive focus on making this h

Re: OT Re: Huffington Post article

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Wieder
Art DiVito writes: > > Am I the only one taken aback that Walter Isaacson made no mention of > HyperCard Haven't read the book, but Jobs was long gone from Apple by the time HyperCard was released. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 02/25/2013 09:41 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: Yeah, but does that preclude people from donating directly to runrev at the same amounts with the same reward structure? In fact, while there may be ethical concerns here, if you take out kickstarters portion, and whatever payment gateways portion (amaz

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
I'm not sure, much easier to get this to push this through now I think... we are definitely within range. On 26/02/2013, at 6:41 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > Yeah, but does that preclude people from donating directly to runrev at the > same amounts with the same reward structure? In fact, while th

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Richmond
On 02/25/2013 09:33 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: Kickstarter is all or nothing. Yes, well, some rules are meant to be broken and some are meant to be kept, and as we are all grown up round here surely we can make those sort of decisions. I would be the first to say "YES" (and a THUMPING GREAT '

New mobile OS

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Wieder
For some reason, Mozilla is launching a new mobile OS: -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecod

Re: Richards talk seems to have gone down well

2013-02-25 Thread Richard Gaskin
Mark Talluto wrote: > Would you tells us more about your presentation? What did you > discuss? How many people attended? Give us all the gory details. > I saw the number jump in a big way over the weekend. I attributed > it to you getting all the Linux gurus excited about LiveCode. I'll be a

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Mike Bonner
Yeah, but does that preclude people from donating directly to runrev at the same amounts with the same reward structure? In fact, while there may be ethical concerns here, if you take out kickstarters portion, and whatever payment gateways portion (amazon in the states) They could end up at the sa

Re: Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Monte Goulding
Kickstarter is all or nothing. On 26/02/2013, at 6:10 AM, Richmond wrote: > Not wishing to be defeatest or anything; but, should the Kickstarter target > not be met, why > don't RunRev take all the money we HAVE pledged and use that as something to > get started with? -- Monte Goulding M E R

Kickstarter Thoughts

2013-02-25 Thread Richmond
Somewhere I read that if the Livecode Kickstarter does not reach its target RunRev might look elsewhere for funding. Not wishing to be defeatest or anything; but, should the Kickstarter target not be met, why don't RunRev take all the money we HAVE pledged and use that as something to get star

OT Re: Huffington Post article

2013-02-25 Thread Art DiVito
Am I the only one taken aback that Walter Isaacson made no mention of HyperCard whatsoever in his biograophy of Steve Jobs? (Actually, I should hedge my bet. I am only 2/3 through the book, but I believe I am past that part and there is no "HyperCard" in the index.) Isaacson goes through meticul

Re: Richards talk seems to have gone down well

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Talluto
On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Yes, UbuCon at SCaLE 11x was tons of fun for all. Kevin's assistant Mildred > had some flyers printed for event which I distributed throughout the > conference as well, and all three days I had people coming up to me asking me > about thi

Re: Richards talk seems to have gone down well

2013-02-25 Thread Richard Gaskin
Monte Goulding wrote: > @jonobacon: Watching @FourthWorldSys speak about LiveCode at Ubucon. > Looks interesting. :-) #ubuntu Thanks for that, Monte, and for the kind words, Paul. Yes, UbuCon at SCaLE 11x was tons of fun for all. Kevin's assistant Mildred had some flyers printed for event whi

Re: Huffington Post article

2013-02-25 Thread Ben Rubinstein
On 25/02/2013 16:10, Colin Holgate wrote: One of the discussions I have online is in an Apple Alumni group. There are some big names hanging out there, and they were all interested in my topic about HyperCard and LiveCode. One poster to the discussion is John Pavley, who wrote this blog post a

Re: Huffington Post article

2013-02-25 Thread Michael Kann
There is also a French version of HuffingtonPost at huffingtonpost.fr Perhaps one of the French LiveCoders could translate the English article and send it over to the French version. Mike --- On Mon, 2/25/13, Colin Holgate wrote: From: Colin Holgate Subject: Huffington Post article To: "How

Re: startUp message not being sent

2013-02-25 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Tom, Am 25.02.2013 um 17:03 schrieb Thomas McGrath III : > Haa! Bang my head and call me duh! DUH! :-D > Thanks > -- Tom McGrath III > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com > mcgra...@mac.com Best Klaus -- Klaus Major http://www.major-k.de kl...@major.on-rev.com __

Huffington Post article

2013-02-25 Thread Colin Holgate
One of the discussions I have online is in an Apple Alumni group. There are some big names hanging out there, and they were all interested in my topic about HyperCard and LiveCode. One poster to the discussion is John Pavley, who wrote this blog post about HyperCard: http://www.huffingtonpost.c

Re: startUp message not being sent

2013-02-25 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Haa! Bang my head and call me duh! Thanks -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com mcgra...@mac.com On Feb 25, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Am 25.02.2013 um 16:46 schrieb Thomas McGrath III : > >> I was trying to set an 'on first launch' flag in the startUp messa

Re: startUp message not being sent

2013-02-25 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Tom, Am 25.02.2013 um 16:46 schrieb Thomas McGrath III : > I was trying to set an 'on first launch' flag in the startUp message but it > does not seem to fire at all? Is anyone else seeing this? > > on startUp > global gFirstLaunch > put true into gFirstLaunch > end startUp "startup" can o

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