why MetaCard?

[Shari]

>RunRev has been getting all the buzz, it has
>extensive documentation, so why do some
>developers prefer MetaCard?

I used both before making the choice.  I was told that both programs 
used the same engine, so both could do the same things.  Both had the 
same capability.

RunRev had a lot of added features regarding the programming 
environment.  A message box that allowed multiple lines.  A control 
browser that let you sort the data in different ways.  Programming 
shortcuts.  A better help system.

But the underlying ability, as far as I was told, was the same in 
both programs.  Whatever you could make one do, you could make the 
other do.

It was a tough choice, as RunRev did have so many more features that 
made programming easier.  But for me, RunRev was very unstable.  It 
crashed and burned so many times in a single day, and whatever work 
hadn't been saved yet went poof.  Saving was required literally after 
every single change, every added word.  I decided that the features 
were not worth the crashes.  It froze constantly, requiring a hard 
restart of my computer.  That sucks a lot of time, plus it's 
something I try to avoid having to do.  Surely it can't be good to do 
that several times a day.

As I create programs that I distribute, I have to have an environment 
that I can trust.  If it crashes and burns for me, no doubt it will 
do that to the people who use my programs, and that is not acceptable.

So I chose Metacard.

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