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Thu, May 22 2008 1:22 AMPermanent Link

Lance Rasmussen

Jazzie Software

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Tim,

noticed some of the changes in the website. I like the look of the products
page with the screenshots.  This looks very nice and professional.

I also like the idea of the technical articles, such as what is on the front
page. Those look great, especially with screen shots.  I think this will
help give further credo to Elevate, especially with more promotion towards
the VS side of things.  They're use to eye candy with products that don't
work as well as their website... lol.

Throwing a critical eye from the peanut gallery.....

When looking at a home page, such as Codegear, DevExpress, etc etc, I
question how the tech article is used on the home page.  When I go to those
pages, I assuming I'm going to see the "Marketing Guys" at work until I go
to the support type areas, where the technical goodies are.

Maybee by taking a subset of how you layed out the product page and put on
the front, then maybee an area on the home page showing Latest Tech
Articles, with maybe a brief description and link to the article, would be
better?

Also (the CIS university instructor side of me talking) regarding the W3C
validators.   I like using those and encourage their use.  I would, however,
when you get some free time (I know... what's that), to change the HTML 4.01
to XHTML 1.0 Transitional at minimum and use that to tweak your HTML.   Most
of the errors are petty and simple, but speaking from experience, it's
always fun to get those pages in compliance.  I actually push it to XHTML
1.1 Strict, but I'm a glutton for punishment and at worse, if I "give up", I
can then set it back to 1.0 Transitional and it should comply.

Lance
Thu, May 22 2008 3:30 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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Lance


I'm not getting involved on any discussion about web standards or code Smileybut I like Tim leading with a technical article, especially as he gets a bit of time to change it to whatever is flavour of the month.

I can see and click on any of the normal buttons but this opening page tells me this is a serious technical product rather than a bit of vapourware and hints at the level of support that will be available.

Roy Lambert
Thu, May 22 2008 11:39 AMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Lance,

<< noticed some of the changes in the website. I like the look of the
products page with the screenshots.  This looks very nice and professional.
>>

Yeah, I've been working on trying to get this in place for some time because
a picture is definitely worth a thousand words, and I know that screen shots
are always one of the first things I look for when I'm looking at a new
product.

<< I also like the idea of the technical articles, such as what is on the
front page. Those look great, especially with screen shots.  I think this
will help give further credo to Elevate, especially with more promotion
towards the VS side of things.  They're use to eye candy with products that
don't work as well as their website... lol. >>

Well, we're now officially an MS Visual Studio Industry Partner, so we'll be
doing some more VS marketing also. Smiley

<< When looking at a home page, such as Codegear, DevExpress, etc etc, I
question how the tech article is used on the home page.  When I go to those
pages, I assuming I'm going to see the "Marketing Guys" at work until I go
to the support type areas, where the technical goodies are.

Maybee by taking a subset of how you layed out the product page and put on
the front, then maybee an area on the home page showing Latest Tech
Articles, with maybe a brief description and link to the article, would be
better? >>

Initially, the idea was to do a partial display on the tech article with a
"read more", and then have the majority covered by a customer implementation
profile of one of our products.  Sam sent out emails soliciting customer
profiles, and I'm working on getting some on the site now.  We're always
looking for new customer profiles, however.  The more, the better.

<< I would, however, when you get some free time (I know... what's that), to
change the HTML 4.01 to XHTML 1.0 Transitional at minimum and use that to
tweak your HTML. >>

I'll see what I can do. Smiley

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Thu, May 22 2008 1:24 PMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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Tim


>We're always
>looking for new customer profiles, however.

Send out one of those men who cut them out of black paper - they look great Smiley

Roy Lambert


Thu, May 22 2008 1:35 PMPermanent Link

"Rita"

"Tim Young [Elevate Software]" <timyoung@elevatesoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Well, we're now officially an MS Visual Studio Industry Partner, so we'll
> be doing some more VS marketing also. Smiley
>

Sold out to the devil eh! did that cost us Linux version's in future ?
Not that at this moment am I doing any Linux but Embarcadero
may ressurect Kylix and I vision Kylix Mac/Solwise/BSD/Young
and even more Wink
NULL reared its head for me in importing a package into my new
D2007 toy, it has nothing todo with Dbisam it was coz I didnt have
variants in the uses clause,  BLOODY NULL'S  I sent off a message
in Borland groups and as soon as I did I figured it out myself grrrrr
Rita


Thu, May 22 2008 1:37 PMPermanent Link

Lance Rasmussen

Jazzie Software

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> Well, we're now officially an MS Visual Studio Industry Partner, so we'll
> be
> doing some more VS marketing also. Smiley


Very cool.  I'll have to bring that up in some examples at a university
course I'm teaching in the fall as quality DB alternatives.

Lance

Thu, May 22 2008 2:20 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Rita,

<< Sold out to the devil eh! did that cost us Linux version's in future ? >>

Not at all.  Actually, I was thinking about the FreePascal version today for
EDB.

<< Not that at this moment am I doing any Linux but Embarcadero may
ressurect Kylix and I vision Kylix Mac/Solwise/BSD/Young and even more Wink
>>

Nothing would make me happier than being able to sell to Mac and Linux
developers using standard Delphi IDEs on those platforms.  Anything that
increases our potential market is a positive development.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Thu, May 22 2008 2:21 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Lance,

<< Very cool.  I'll have to bring that up in some examples at a university
course I'm teaching in the fall as quality DB alternatives. >>

"Yes, well, you see, there's these engines here, and then there's
ElevateDB......did I mention ElevateDB yet ?" Smiley

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Thu, May 22 2008 11:27 PMPermanent Link

Lance Rasmussen

Jazzie Software

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LMAO..    yeah...

"sure you can use x,y or z....  but in the real world, you want something
that works, has quality support and provides ultra high ROI...  Let me show
the way...."   lol


"Tim Young [Elevate Software]" <timyoung@elevatesoft.com> wrote in message
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> Lance,
>
> << Very cool.  I'll have to bring that up in some examples at a university
> course I'm teaching in the fall as quality DB alternatives. >>
>
> "Yes, well, you see, there's these engines here, and then there's
> ElevateDB......did I mention ElevateDB yet ?" Smiley
>
> --
> Tim Young
> Elevate Software
> www.elevatesoft.com
>
Thu, May 22 2008 11:30 PMPermanent Link

Lance Rasmussen

Jazzie Software

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How about Logo, RPGII or Fortran.NET  ?      lol.




"Tim Young [Elevate Software]" <timyoung@elevatesoft.com> wrote in message
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> Rita,
>
> << Sold out to the devil eh! did that cost us Linux version's in future ?
>  >>
>
> Not at all.  Actually, I was thinking about the FreePascal version today
> for EDB.
>
> << Not that at this moment am I doing any Linux but Embarcadero may
> ressurect Kylix and I vision Kylix Mac/Solwise/BSD/Young and even more Wink
> >>
>
> Nothing would make me happier than being able to sell to Mac and Linux
> developers using standard Delphi IDEs on those platforms.  Anything that
> increases our potential market is a positive development.
>
> --
> Tim Young
> Elevate Software
> www.elevatesoft.com
>
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