Hi Hacker
1. Doesn't run on my OS of choice (Linux or BSD)
Well… I cant change that, but you can. If you want the source to do a Linux version, we could give that a whirl. I’d rather start with NewsRaider first.
2. Doesn't come with source code so I can customize it to my needs
If you write a Linux version of NewsRaider then that could be open source. I come from a freeware/shareware background and so ill probably need to be told exactly what that would mean
3. Doesn't support my preferred Palm reader applications
We are currently working on a Palm dedicated version of NewsRaider. TomeRaider is a popular Palm Reader with hundreds of files not available in other formats.
4. Uses "Yet Another Proprietary Templating System"
I don’t see why that’s a bad thing. New systems need to be tried out in order to progress. Its doubtful that we will be using XML or C++ or Python in 100 years time. New operating systems and languages will be started. Some will drift away like OPL has done and others will evolve. That is surely a good thing for technological progress and understanding?
We realised that for NewsRaider to work and be popular it needed a scripting system that even non programmers could use. So the language is very simple, hard to mess up and easy to pick up. To a C++ eye it will look immature, but we are already getting total non programmers giving it a whirl and getting results.
Anyway, thanks for this discussion, it’s been informative to me
And if you do want to do Linux NewsRaider the offer is there, if not, no worries
Cheers
Mat