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Oldes
9-Mar-2007
[1896x2]
Javascript port of Markdown -> http://www.attacklab.net/showdown-gui.html
We really need stable Rebol plugin:(
Maxim
9-Mar-2007
[1898x2]
Oldes, I have a commercial app online and its one of the most advanced 
scripts I've ever written.  it does web-service access in the bg 
doing sync of ui with a remote app (much like altme) , in the same 
time it crawls the net, does searching and allows you to download 
actual content when you ask for it... all simultaneously and using 
glayout too...
as many have said before... R2 and current plugin are great tools. 
 why are you keeping from using them?
Pekr
9-Mar-2007
[1900]
Maxim  - damned proxy support!
Maxim
9-Mar-2007
[1901]
ah
Pekr
9-Mar-2007
[1902]
... and we were SO close. Josh had it solved, then he announced Carl 
redirected him to something else, then he was about to post some 
security related doc - that never happened.
Maxim
9-Mar-2007
[1903x8]
well that's not just the plugin then.
(proxy)
I agree that the no 1 problem of RT is not the technology... it the 
management of priorites and schedules and stuff like that.
hum... starting to make me thing of another great technology which 
had the same issues... yet was 10 years in advance ;-)
just like REBOL
(amiga anyone)
at least we know the reasons are not the same and that RT itself 
is good willed.
just need more indians ... but not enough food to feed them I guess.
btiffin
16-Apr-2007
[1911]
Hi,

Skype has a worm now...


http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/04/16/tech-securitymsskypewindowszonealarm-20070416.html

In case you haven't seen it yet...
Anton
17-Apr-2007
[1912]
oh dear
Gabriele
17-Apr-2007
[1913]
you still have to click on it...
Pekr
17-Apr-2007
[1914]
Microsoft has given a go-to-market name for its cross-platform, cross-browser 
plug-in for delivering the next generation of user experiences and 
rich Internet applications for the Web. The technology formerly known 
as WPF/E is now known as Silverlight - http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2114418,00.asp
Maxim
17-Apr-2007
[1915]
with R3... I think they might have another competitor they are not 
aware of yet  ;-)
Pekr
17-Apr-2007
[1916]
then let's hope some of View issues are adressed (keyboard, make 
events (Gabriele confirmed this one), refresh rate, rich text, etc.)
Maxim
17-Apr-2007
[1917x2]
pekr, since should  be able to fix most of those ourselves (for those 
who need to address the issues for real),  then I see R3 as a bright 
beacon in my future.
I've already been thinking of doing some integration with .net.
Pekr
17-Apr-2007
[1919]
it is a pity Carl does not visit altme from time to time. I miss 
blog capability of "suggest a blog topic", which was promissed a 
bit ... I would like to know, what's in the pipe for View ... will 
Desktop be enhanced? Reworked? Removed? The same goes for VID - should 
it be part of View? Or an external module? Should View contain only 
generic gfx functions? (kind of face)
Maxim
17-Apr-2007
[1920x4]
.net just cause it would help me push rebol into more use.
AFAICT its like the sdk, you can choose, enhance, but now we will 
also have access to lower levels.  the desktop source has been available 
for years and very little real community support exists.  we mostly 
do not care to much for the desktop.
its a good start point, but its not enough... just the user management 
is enough to make it almost useless in corporate places.
since I don't need it I've never fixed it, but it would be pretty 
easy to just make sure the user is the actual user logon so that 
any configs are really the user's (and can be right-protected by 
admins)
Pekr
17-Apr-2007
[1924]
I agree, that is why I ask - is there any strategy for View product? 
That is not question to RT themselves,but also to us ...
Maxim
17-Apr-2007
[1925x2]
this kind of thing is what prevents REBOL use in many situations... 
the details for programmers are paramount for managers.
which is why I have been thinking much more like a manager and an 
end-user lately.
Pekr
17-Apr-2007
[1927]
I still can see browser plug-in as important for RT's strategy, but 
we have not seen Josh's doc, which should be out soon ;-) (xy months 
ago)
Maxim
17-Apr-2007
[1928x3]
(for the development of elixir)
I'm using the plugin within high-end software web architecture and 
its pretty amazing... doing 3 simultaneous streams of async, on demand 
with interruptions of xfers and background i/o all completely invisible 
to the GUI, (no gui jams)
the tool accesses a web service through XML from an IIS server so 
the server's manager doesn't even see the difference  :-)
Henrik
19-Apr-2007
[1931]
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/only_244_copies_of_genuine_windows_vista_sold_in_china.php
Pekr
19-Apr-2007
[1932]
Vista is a mess, so what? :-)
Pekr
25-Apr-2007
[1933]
Next Generation high-performance processor unveiled - http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/next-generation-high-performance-processor-unveiled-13080.html
... is that for real? :-)
Henrik
25-Apr-2007
[1934]
sounds vague and generic to me.
Anton
25-Apr-2007
[1935]
I heard about 100+GHz processors several years ago. Where are they 
?
Pekr
25-Apr-2007
[1936]
PS3 Cell + REBOL 3 = Amiga 3 :-) - your new supercomputer
Rebolek
25-Apr-2007
[1937]
where are 100Ghz processors? I think in liquid nitrogen ;)
Mchean
25-Apr-2007
[1938x2]
Microsoft to roll out dynamic-language layer for .Net: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=404
at least thats the rumor
Pekr
27-Apr-2007
[1940]
It will be difficult to beat Flash novadays:


Adobe Systems plans to open-source Flex, its development framework 
for building Flash and Apollo-based applications. The company on 
Wednesday is expected to announce the move, which will start when 
it releases a beta of the next version of Flex, code-named Moxie, 
in June.
btiffin
27-Apr-2007
[1941]
What about the REBOL/Flash dialect.  It's old already, sorry, I mean 
it's Oldes' already.  :)
Pekr
27-Apr-2007
[1942x3]
:-)
yes, maybe we should take really another aproach - simply to integrate, 
not to compete? Why not to link e.g. to wx-widgets, for those who 
want? Or other libraries, etc.?
I hope linking to libraries is somehow improved and limitations like 
nember of callbacks allowed is removed ...
btiffin
27-Apr-2007
[1945]
I think we'll be getting a flurry of news after DevCon.  Hoping anyway.