After the interesting and revelatory query for a working "search"
( can't this screen be centered so you can see what you're
typing ? )...button it seems that some reflection is required on
the pros and cons of A5V4.
1) I had a soft spot for a small and courageous database development team.
2) It looked great in the reviews.
3) It doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
4) It pretty close to the current standards.
5) here it comes...
6) it's quirky, not quite mature.
7) in great need of a bigger and stronger development team because of the following problems:
a)it's not capable of providing a serious code editor, when it's so easy
to license one of the many available out there.
b)it's got to solve the screen size/resolution problem.
c)the user base is far too small for any future success.
d)they all expect a WEB related database these days ( see Claris )
e)the Genie button is only skin deep in it's serious programming appeal.
f)there's nothing out there in the computing bookstores to help us along. So many examples found in the great code archives proves just how much code editing is still needed ( and I like to spin out some code lines )to get anything done.
So, what's the future going to bring in release 5 ?
or shall I be forced to look elsewhere ?
In the meantime I keep my old Foxpro Dos programs working and new modules are added regularly with a couple of lines of code, edited from within FP.
Harold
( can't this screen be centered so you can see what you're
typing ? )...button it seems that some reflection is required on
the pros and cons of A5V4.
1) I had a soft spot for a small and courageous database development team.
2) It looked great in the reviews.
3) It doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
4) It pretty close to the current standards.
5) here it comes...
6) it's quirky, not quite mature.
7) in great need of a bigger and stronger development team because of the following problems:
a)it's not capable of providing a serious code editor, when it's so easy
to license one of the many available out there.
b)it's got to solve the screen size/resolution problem.
c)the user base is far too small for any future success.
d)they all expect a WEB related database these days ( see Claris )
e)the Genie button is only skin deep in it's serious programming appeal.
f)there's nothing out there in the computing bookstores to help us along. So many examples found in the great code archives proves just how much code editing is still needed ( and I like to spin out some code lines )to get anything done.
So, what's the future going to bring in release 5 ?
or shall I be forced to look elsewhere ?
In the meantime I keep my old Foxpro Dos programs working and new modules are added regularly with a couple of lines of code, edited from within FP.
Harold
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