Re: accessing Glide

Diana Slattery wrote:
>
> charles wrote:
>
> > reason 1)  we were on such a deadline to complete v.1 if the glide website by december 8,
> >
> > Understandable. And I'm not a paying customer, at least not yet.
> >
>
> charles,the deadline was academic, not commercial.
>
> > > we have discussed adding lots more introductory material.
> > > i think after the holifays, we'll be ready to get back to work on it.
> >
> > That I would like, rather than just jumping in.
>
> will be done.
>
> >
> >
> > > the very nature of the language includes the idea of language in motion,
> > > a concept much easier to show--before talking about--
> > > than with static pictures and explanation only.
> >
> > I am used to animated .gifs and .mpegs, no problem.
> > Also, I can handle RealAudio and .wav files.
> > However, I refuse to run any Microsoft products,
> > and many of the newfangled formats cater only to M$.
> > In fact, I used to write video drivers for OS/2
> > until M$ ordered our suppliers to cut us off.
> > The charges of M$ anti-trust violations are true.
> >
>
> my first multimedia piece in macromedia director was a bill gates satire where the ms word
> interface deconstructs itself and the icons and buttons join a protest parade carrying signs
> like 'we will not be pushed' and march off the screen.  it opens with the line 'what do you
> give a man who has Bill-ions?  A revolution.'  so i'm in your camp.
>
> > > throughout--i assure you it's not just gratuitous eye-candy but actually
> > > trying to present concepts though a different linguistic modality:
> > > motion and morphing.
> >
> > I can see where it would be difficult to get interactivity
> > without using Java, the only cross-platform alternative.
> > Courts are ruling that M$ "polluted" Java to kill competition ...
> >
>
> director shockwave--and its programming language lingo is as capable as java, and more
> multimedia friendly.  at this point of development, it is integrating (though hardly
> seamlessly) with java.
>
> > > the question is posed:  what does it mean when syntax is on the move?
> > > and more fundamentally--what does it mean to move through a maze of language?
> >
> > Sounds interesting, potentially.
>
> yeah.  lots more to come on that. your feedback has been very helpful.  thanks.
>
> diana

charles wrote:

> reason 1)  we were on such a deadline to complete v.1 if the glide website by december 8,
>
> Understandable. And I'm not a paying customer, at least not yet.
>
charles,the deadline was academic, not commercial.

> > we have discussed adding lots more introductory material.
> > i think after the holifays, we'll be ready to get back to work on it.
>
> That I would like, rather than just jumping in.
will be done.

>
>
> > the very nature of the language includes the idea of language in motion,
> > a concept much easier to show--before talking about--
> > than with static pictures and explanation only.
>
> I am used to animated .gifs and .mpegs, no problem.
> Also, I can handle RealAudio and .wav files.
> However, I refuse to run any Microsoft products,
> and many of the newfangled formats cater only to M$.
> In fact, I used to write video drivers for OS/2
> until M$ ordered our suppliers to cut us off.
> The charges of M$ anti-trust violations are true.
>
my first multimedia piece in macromedia director was a bill gates satire where
the ms word
interface deconstructs itself and the icons and buttons join a protest parade
carrying signs
like 'we will not be pushed' and march off the screen.  it opens with the line
'what do you
give a man who has Bill-ions?  A revolution.'  so i'm in your camp.

> > throughout--i assure you it's not just gratuitous eye-candy but actually
> > trying to present concepts though a different linguistic modality:
> > motion and morphing.
>
> I can see where it would be difficult to get interactivity
> without using Java, the only cross-platform alternative.
> Courts are ruling that M$ "polluted" Java to kill competition ...
>
director shockwave--and its programming language lingo is as capable as java,
and more
multimedia friendly.  at this point of development, it is integrating (though hardly
seamlessly) with java.

> > the question is posed:  what does it mean when syntax is on the move?
> > and more fundamentally--what does it mean to move through a maze of language?
>
> Sounds interesting, potentially.
yeah.  lots more to come on that. your feedback has been very helpful.  thanks.

diana