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StoryServer late alpha/early beta release is (finally) here ....
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Posted by Lothar Scholz
Mar 2, 2019 at 03:15 PM
tightbeam wrote:
This appears to be our new “Polywick StoryServer” friend:
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>https://twitter.com/airchecklover
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>http://earmark.net/EverIcon/history.htm
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>But…I don’t see his connection to Polywick. My brain hurts!
Seems easy to explain for me. He is the guy behind the idea of a new Ecco clone and tried to do it on his own but then he decided to hire some programmers in Manila to do the job he was not able to finish (either because of lack of time, interest of this type of programming, or programming skills). Polywick is describing themself as an “programming outsourcing studio”.
Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Mar 2, 2019 at 05:27 PM
Lothar Scholz wrote:
>Seems easy to explain for me. He is the guy behind the idea of a new Ecco clone and tried to do it on his own but then he decided to hire some programmers in Manila to do the job he was not able to finish (either because of lack of time, interest of this type of programming, or programming skills)
Not really. I know Mark, he’s an Ecco Pro user and big fan. Like me he has used Ecco from the very start (mid 90’s) and helps the Ecco Pro community. He recently got involved with the folks at Polywick to help them in their effort to make a “modern” version of Ecco.
Pierre
IQ Designer
Posted by tightbeam
Mar 2, 2019 at 07:20 PM
He ought to stick to those two things. You seem to be a much better “face” for the company.
airchecklover wrote:
Hi tightbeam. Are you asking about the other poster from Polywick? I
>think either coding or taking a nap.
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Mar 3, 2019 at 05:27 AM
Hi Mark,
Welcome to the forum, and many thanks for providing the context of StoryServer’s development. It’s also great to actually have a real piece of software to try out.
Cheers,
Alexander
Posted by airchecklover
Mar 4, 2019 at 02:32 PM
Hello again to all and esp. to Pierre.
Sorry my intro to group was not as smooth as we all would have liked.
IF CURIOUS: I did the EverEcco project while recovering from cancer and subsequent health b.s. It forced me to ‘super-learn’ Ecco b/c I needed then and still need now a tool like Ecco for my next big project. I ran extensive memory tests on Ecco and used my wife as a test subject to figure out how to configure Ecco so that a techie person could use it in a multi-user networked environment. Coloring Ecco Icons and creating new ones was part of the project, as were coming up w/ some scripts. Given that I am a dyslexic creative type, the colorizing icons was the easy part. Coding and me do not get along.
CONCLUSION: As wonderful as tool as EccoPro (+EE) is, do not put your important business life into a multi-user EccoPro setting. Some have done it and are still doing it but unless you work with all Mensa-level computer brainiacs, you will end up doing too much support on top of admin.
ENTER SS: Every past and present EccoPro user wanted or wants a 64-bit clone. Ecco’s downfall is not inherent complexity - even with the wonderful but complex & kludgy EE patch - it is the three waaaaaay undersized memory buffers on top of smallish 32-bit addressing. SS showed up and I started pestering developers. I see a long coding road ahead to make SS a finished reality but I think, based on what I’ve seen in 6 months, the gifted coders at Polywick can pull it off.
ME & SS: My fingers are crossed and cheer-leading outfit is on. I’ve offered to be the interface between Polywick developers and a couple boards and they accepted.
OK, hope that helps explain things.
If anyone does test the SS alpha & you know Ecco+EE, you will notice two things:
• this release truly is an alpha (read-only at this point)
• this project is ambitious, embracing all past ideas and suggesting new innovation is coming.
Cheers,
Mark