I think the purpose of widgets is to add the functionality to an environment. Microsoft .NET does NOT have native SVG or does JAVA. They all use libraries or widgets to add the functionality to the platform.
If SVG is important, lets create a widget and be done with it. I agree it is SUPER important, but it is NOT a core functionality. LiveCode needs to be expandable, so if there are a group of people who want this, we get together, raise the money and LiveCode or Monti or Trevor or whoever will create a fully functioning SVG plugin. If the community pays for it, it should be open to all. If not or only pays for part of it, then it will be for sale for $20. I think it is IMPORTANT that we as a community begin to understand that functionality is added by widgets and not to the code. If we need or want something, we pay, it gets moved to the top of the list and it gets done. I just paid $7000 to get 64Bit Mic version of LC. I will pay $2500 to get SVG started because it is important to me and the community. If LiveCode or someone else wants to make it happen you know where to find me!!! Also, Mark or Monti I am up for $5000 to get FASTCGI started. I think the huge hole in the LC platform is the cloud. And we can not create a good web server without FASTCGI. Ralf has done an FANTASTIC job with revIgniter, and it would put LC on the map if we could get a great server going. I have been reading about Open Language and all this extra stuff on this email chain. But the ONLY way LiveCode is going to thrive and survive is by getting a strong widget system going. That my friends is what businesses and programmers are looking for today. Without a full array of available 3rd party widgets, LC is dead to the "Young and Restless." Yes, they expect it and DEMAND it because today programers just assemble, they don't code. They are not given the time or the budget to get it done. --Todd Fabacher _______________________________________________ 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
