State of View 1.3?
[1/2] from: jamesh:Volition-inc at: 28-Jun-2004 9:55
I spent a good amount of time back in the Autumn of 2002 looking at
cross-platform GUI solutions. REBOL/View showed great promise at the time,
being so much nicer than Tk, wxWindows, and other bulky solutions. But it
wasn't quite there yet. Anything involving subpanels got ugly real quit
(not a blind slam; this has been discussed here before). And development
was languishing. Then it looked like RT was kickstarting itself. I
remember the message about how there would be monthly email newsletters and
so on. And then...silence.
I have high hopes for REBOL/View 1.3. So, clearly, what is being expected
from 1.3 and when? This year? This is my one last ditch effort for getting
excited about REBOL again, before I stop peeking my head back into the
community every so often, so tell me good things :)
[2/2] from: atruter::labyrinth::net::au at: 29-Jun-2004 11:23
Hi James,
> I have high hopes for REBOL/View 1.3. So, clearly, what is being
> expected
> from 1.3 and when? This year? This is my one last ditch effort for
> getting
> excited about REBOL again, before I stop peeking my head back into the
> community every so often, so tell me good things :)
Carl is about the only one who can really answer this question, but just
in case you missed them here are some milestones you may want to take a
look at
http://www.rebol.net/projects/view1.3/downloads/
http://www.rebol.net/projects/view1.3/image.html
Work on 1.3 was also impacted by work on the REBOL browser plugin
http://www.rebol.com/news4301.html
Things also went quiet a while back as the REBOL ML went down for an
extended period of time. For long time REBOL watchers the good news is
that the number of "announcements" has steadily increased over the last
year ... it appears that more people are doing more good things with REBOL
(IMHO).
Regards,
Ashley