Rev Review

[Alex Rice]

On Feb 4, 2004, at 10:30 AM, Frank Leahy wrote:


> I hope you don't mind me being blunt, but that page is quite poorly 
> laid out (as, I'm sorry to say, is the rest of the RR web site).

Have to agree. Many months ago runrev said they were hiring a web 
developer to redesign the website.

I would remove the cross-sell link to Ten Thumbs typing tutor in "Other 
Products". I donnow- it just seems amateurish to imagine a programmer 
with "ten thumbs". What, does the Runrev IDE correct typing errors too? 
;-)

>  So, RR might consider dropping support for some or all of the 
> UNIX/Linux variants if they're finding that supporting all these 
> platforms is causing problems getting the next version for their 
> primary platforms (Mac and Windows) out the door.

It's a tough issue. There are some Linux users on the list. But instead 
of Runrev trimming the list of official available platforms, what's 
happening in practice is they are poorly supported: one poster to this 
list every month or so begs for a SGI IRIX Rev engine which he has been 
trying to locate for a long time. Don't know if it's the same for the 
other UNIX platforms.

Not sure, but I think metacard used to be developed on Linux. So 
building the engine for UNIX should not be a major hurdle. The number 
of platforms available is one of Runrev's most unique features! So I 
hope they never trim the list of platforms supported.

--
Alex Rice | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com