Wouldn't it be nice if....

bjb007 · Post by **bjb007** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:05 pm

Be nice if tabs in Rev were as easy as
these!

http://www.profittigersystems.com/SoftBuilderDemo.html

FourthWorld · Post by **FourthWorld** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:34 pm

I watched the demo. Saw some nice ideas, but didn't see tabs there.

What problems have you had with tabs in Rev? I'll bet someone here could lend a hand if needed.

bjb007 · Post by **bjb007** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:13 am

The tabs are in the second video.

I figured out the tabs but far from
intuitive I feel.

FourthWorld · Post by **FourthWorld** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:01 am

bjb007 wrote:The tabs are in the second video.

I figured out the tabs but far from
intuitive I feel.

They're much more intuitive than the underlying OS API driving them.

In fact, with Rev's Inspector the main difference I saw was that the other product has a much more focused scope, allowing them the luxury of a wide range of assumptions about data storage and management.

Well, that and a lot of nifty prefab components. Most of them are pretty nice, and it will no doubt be some time before the Rev community sees the same number of man-hours put into equivalents here.

Some of the components, however, may have been a bit too complete. For example, the Project Timeline was nice - if that's exactly what you want from a project timeline. I wonder how many folks making project tracking systems here would want that exact feature set and appearance. It wasn't clear how extensive the API was for that widget, how flexible it might be in actual use if you needed something only kinda like it but not that exact implementation.

But that's just nit-picking. For very general inspiration, I would agree that it would be useful for the Rev development team to take a gander.

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:19 pm

Another thing to take into consideration, which I'm sure some here did, is that Rev has to be concerned with several operating systems and their api calls, while the program noted in the video is likely windows only, so less time spent in development of it, and even research of it.

It was of course quite nifty, and also seemingly simple... But it's also obviously very constrictive.

Anyway, glad you were able to figure out the tabs in Rev.

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