Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Missing P8 Library Directory Problem Solved

gtrdon opened this issue on Aug 24, 2009 · 96 posts


bagginsbill posted Tue, 25 August 2009 at 4:52 PM

Quote - Imo if they didn't want to make the llibrary internal, whay didn't they ask some of those phyton guys to write a new library?

I assume this is supposed to be Python (phyton). They did ask Python guys, of which I am one.
I asked them that on day one when they approached me about writing the Library GUI in Python.
The reasons were that

  1. this new GUI isn't just for Poser and Python wasn't really an option
    2) wxPython is not as sophisticated visually as Flash is
    3) Python does not interface with XML and web-based services with the ease and power of expression that Flex/AS3 does.
  2. Asynchronous activity is not as easy in Python as it is in AS3. To make it easy would require reproducing much of the support framework that comes for free in Flash. 

I also asked why they didn't just incorporate one of the existing Library add-ons that were already built by various people for Poser.

Each was rejected for one or more of the following reasons:

1) Didn't work on Mac
2) Wouldn't work with Internet content

  1. Didn't have necessary provisions consistent with future plans
    4) Required installation of a database

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