The RunRev team worked some late nights to bring us some great enhancements to the LiveCode engine for Linux - here's a couple from the Release Notes:

Linux - font support improvements
The font support in the Linux engine has been completely overhauled... the fontNames and related global properties will now reflect the full collection of fonts installed on the system via the fontconfig mechanism (this is the font selection system that powers pango).

Linux - themeing improvements
Some work has been done to improve the appearance of applications on Linux. Although still not perfect, the native theme support should now correctly handle themes that have a transparent/alpha blended background on some of their parts.

In particular, the default theme in the latest distributions such as Ubuntu 10 look much improved.

And there's more. If you've upgraded (who hasn't?) and you're including Linux in your deployments, be sure to check out the v4.5 Release Notes for all the details.

- Richard Gaskin
editor, LiveCode Journal

Benchmarking Performance in RevTalk
Tips for getting the most out of the speed of the Rev engine.

Interview with Andre Garzia
The author of RevOnRockets shares his insights on RevServer, the web, and the value of the great outdoors.

New revJournal Blog
Yep, finaly joined the 21st century here with the new Rev-based blog.

Interview with Jerry Daniels
Jerry discusses tRev, software design, coding, and life in this new inteview.

The Reactor Lab
In this article Dr. Herz introduces The Reactor Lab, a framework for deploying Rev-based simulations over the Internet.

Commands and Private Handlers
This article by Sarah Reichelt shows you how to make the most of these two new scripting language features in Rev 2.8.1.

Bill Atkinson PhotoCard

With so many great things at the RevLive 2011 conference it might be hard to pick a favorite if it weren't for the good fortune of meeting HyperCard's inventor, Bill Atkinson.

He showed me his wonderful iOS app, PhotoCard, and it's truly a think of beauty.

Lovingly crafted with marvelous attention to detail, PhotoCard is a great way to send high-quality photo postcards to friends and family. It also has options for sending the cards via email as well, where you can optionally add your own voice annotations.

A lesser developer may have stopped there, but check out the full list of features - it's quite an inspiration for all of us mobile developers.

And it's a lot of fun to use, a great addition in any iOS device. Delivered on high-quality card stock with an excellent finish that feels good in the hand, PhotoCard makes your photos worth keeping.