Re: Running Livecode apps on Microsoft Surface

2012-12-04 Thread Rod McCall
Hi, If you are after an alternative to the suface which is multiplatform you should check out www.multitaction.com we have one of their tables and I previously worked on a project where one was installed in the middle of Helsinki for some years - including during the rather cold winter there. In g

Re: Running Livecode apps on Microsoft Surface

2012-11-19 Thread Roger Eller
Poor guy... :( But hey, at least he's not alone, right? According to Steve Jobs frome another demo, once upon a time: "It's pretty awesome when it works." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzDDO3Xb_QU ~Roger On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Andrew Kluthe wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Re: Running Livecode apps on Microsoft Surface

2012-11-19 Thread Andrew Kluthe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTrWPqS4Kxk My favorite clip from the keynote. I have much empathy for this man at this moment. Too often have bugs waited to appear while demonstrating something to someone important. On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Roger Eller wrote: > True, but January isn't ve

Re: Running Livecode apps on Microsoft Surface

2012-11-19 Thread Roger Eller
True, but January isn't very far away. While waiting, there are still reviews of the new platform popping up. Here's one only 3 hours old (you can still smell the digital ink). :) http://bgr.com/2012/11/19/microsoft-surface-review-month-one/ And for anyone who hasn't seen the keynote intro of

Re: Running Livecode apps on Microsoft Surface

2012-11-19 Thread Andrew Kluthe
Hmmm, I don't think the Surface with Windows 8 Pro on it comes out until early next year though. http://reviews.cnet.com/microsoft-surface-pro/ Has the skinny. On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > Hi from somewhere in Brittany, > > Roger wrote : > >> But the Surface P

Re: Running Livecode apps on Microsoft Surface

2012-11-19 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from somewhere in Brittany, Roger wrote : > But the Surface Pro (i5 platform) ….. and therefore should > be capable of running standard desktop > applications made with LiveCode. Thanks Roger. Whaddya know. After 25 years of Macs, I may be buying me a Microsoft Surface Pro …….. (I don't lik

Re: Running Livecode apps on Microsoft Surface

2012-11-18 Thread Roger Eller
There are two flavors of Surface. The ARM platform has no LC support, obviously. But the Surface Pro (i5 platform) is a standard PC in a tablet format, and therefore should be capable of running standard desktop applications made with LiveCode. ~Roger On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Francis Nu

Running Livecode apps on Microsoft Surface

2012-11-18 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, I may have gone for an iPad, except that there was never any way of running native LiveCode on it (I mean under OS X). IOS and Android are certainly not my cup of tea ! It seems that "Surface" can run Vista apps. Does this mean that I can run Livecode apps (suitably red