Quote: Originally posted by sworthy: that looks amazing... but isn't the whole point of the shuffle is its small size and durability? This thing doubles the weight. I…

How's that for an informative subject line? ;-) Anyway, I need to hire an expert RealBasic developer to make a RSS creation and management system for my company. In many ways, it…

Is RealBasic a requirement? I mean, why not Java, or any other language?

Yes, RealBasic is a requirement. I need to use RealBasic for many reasons, including cross-platform compatibility.

What are the reasons? I can't think of a better portable platform than java.

Actually, it's because I need to learn RealBasic for another project -- so I'd like all my apps to be in the same language.

>What are the reasons? I can't think of a better portable platform than java. I can. Java apps feel icky (IMO) the interface is a little off, the way it starts is a little off …

Yeah, same here. To me, Java apps just don't feel like "real" software (no pun intended).

OT (sorry) Are RB apps real compiled apps on all platforms, or are they like old VB apps which are interpreted...? Are they slow?

Quote: Originally posted by Propofol: OT (sorry) Are RB apps real compiled apps on all platforms, or are they like old VB apps which are interpreted...? Are they slow?…

Quote: Originally posted by projos: Yeah, same here. To me, Java apps just don't feel like "real" software (no pun intended). To me (and apparently the good folks …

Quote: Originally posted by osxisfun: they each use some type of JIT compiler unless i am mistaken. I'm pretty sure you are mistaken.

Quote: Originally posted by Chuckit: To me (and apparently the good folks at PerversionTracker), the same is true for RealBasic apps. RealBasic probably has a worse rep …

Quote: Originally posted by Angus_D: I'm pretty sure you are mistaken. maybe puesdo code ? I'm just lazy otherwise i would look it up. found this: don't know if i…

I'm pretty sure RealBasic is a compiled language, since (if I recall) you have to create different executables for each platform you want to run it on. So it doesn't seem to be int…

Quote: Originally posted by Kristoff: What are the reasons? I can't think of a better portable platform than java. Do you know any java applets that have a "great"…

Quote: Originally posted by ashtoash: Do you know any java applets that have a "great" interface? I've never found any. Java's cross platform portability is fantastic ho…

perversiontracker? What did you setup your own website? This site has been around for what like a day? (EDIT I see it's been "registered" since 2001) I'm still laughing, a site to …

The only reason that application is ANY good is the interface. Which as you said is all in cocoa. It's a pain in the ass if your for portability. Quote: Originally pos…

I have to agree with almost everyone here that Java is a much better choice than RealBASIC. Java is a concise language with a excellent and mostly mature class library. Whereas Rea…

Quote: Originally posted by iJed: I have to agree with almost everyone here that Java is a much better choice than RealBASIC. Java is a concise language with a excellent…

a) Realbasic should really be called RealJavaScript as its much closer to that now. I don't really see the relation with JavaScript. RB is most certainly a descendent of BASIC and…

Quote: Originally posted by ashtoash: perversiontracker? What did you setup your own website? Whoa, I totally missed this little bit o' conspiracy theorism. At an…

I want to get a recorder so I can record meetings, and listen to them as mp3 files later. So what's the consensus? I've heard that some don't really work well with the latest (4G) …

hi all, i'm bummed that http://www.audiofeast.com downloads are for PC only. is there a similar site for macs?