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AfterBlock - Blockland Desktop Program [UPDATE 1.2 RELEASED]
Sheath:
--- Quote from: DontCare4Free on March 14, 2011, 11:21:51 AM ---Actually, that would be bad. If you didn't do that, people would have to make secure apps because of that everybody could review their code while they would have access to APIs that you didn't approve which might make the apps better.
For example, if you want it to be secure then you might block socket/networking. But what if someone wanted to make an rss client?
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You obviously don't understand what I wrote.
--- Quote from: DontCare4Free on March 14, 2011, 11:21:51 AM ---Anyway, why would this be useful at all? Everything in this could be made as stand-alone applications just as easy (at least) without this bloated "framework" made with a game engine.
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There is no bloated framework. This is a single application containing multiple functions rather than requiring separate programs. Its an all-in-one. Whats so hard to understand?
DontCare4Free:
--- Quote from: Sheath on March 14, 2011, 07:15:18 PM ---You obviously don't understand what I wrote.
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I do understand what you wrote, but I fear that you didn't understand what I wrote.
--- Quote from: Sheath on March 14, 2011, 07:15:18 PM ---There is no bloated framework. This is a single application containing multiple functions rather than requiring separate programs. Its an all-in-one. Whats so hard to understand?
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The thing is that GM in itself is bloated when it comes to creating "applications". While it might be acceptable for a game to have to load for several seconds, for a small-to-medium-sized application it is not.
Sheath:
--- Quote from: DontCare4Free on March 14, 2011, 07:23:43 PM ---While it might be acceptable for a game to have to load for several seconds, for a small-to-medium-sized application it is not.
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Then wait for AfterBlock 2.0.
And no, you don't understand what I wrote because you wrote "people would have to make secure apps because of that everybody could review their code " when apps are encrypted by the runner in AfterBlock, a point I was making over and over.
Tom:
http://www.badspot.us/img/Stop-Re--Skinning-the-Standard-GUI.html
DontCare4Free:
--- Quote from: Sheath on March 14, 2011, 07:31:16 PM ---And no, you don't understand what I wrote because you wrote "people would have to make secure apps because of that everybody could review their code " when apps are encrypted by the runner in AfterBlock, a point I was making over and over.
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You don't understand what I wrote.
I wrote that as a pro for removing the "encryption" and the restrictions.
Or how about this?
Applications can be in two forms:
* "Encrypted"
* Runs in a restricted environment
* Source is protected
* Raw GML source
* Can do just as much as the built-in apps
* Everybody can read source