Colin, Congratulations on the release. I would love to see the list of features that were 'not' suited well for LiveCode.
Thanks -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Apr 19, 2012, at 10:25 PM, Colin Holgate wrote: > I'm a big proponent of using the best tool for the job. That clashes somewhat > with client requirements, they like to use the product that leads to the > least amount of effort for the end user. In my day job that means that a lot > of what I do is Flash stuff for web sites. Flash still isn't the best tool > for some of what I do, I'd quite like to use Director more, and even Unity. > > When it comes to mobile apps you can really use any tool you like, and that's > a huge area for LiveCode to be used for. I'm even writing a book on using > LiveCode for making mobile apps! However, LiveCode can't do everything, yet, > and I was approached to make an app in LiveCode, that had features not well > suited to it. I gather that other LiveCode experts were consulted, and they > too thought that some of the features would be impossible to do in LiveCode. > > So, using some of my daytime skills I made the app as a Flash app. It's live > in the iOS App Store and the Amazon stores (including for Kindle Fire). It's > not quite live in the Google Play store, they have a weird submission process > that has caused delays. It'll be there one of these days. > > The app is targeted at Education, with the ideal user being a youngster who > wants to be entertained as they learn to read. It has a prominent placing in > the Amazon store, in the education section at least, and it has a 5 start > rating so far in the iOS store. Here are a couple of links: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/new-releases/hi/2478842011?tag=peogeousd-20 > > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meet-heckerty/id514220257?mt=8 > > When it's in the Google Play store I'll post a link. > > _______________________________________________ > 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-livecode _______________________________________________ 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-livecode
