MetaCard vs other Authoring Tools

[miscdas at boxfrog.com]

Authorware is time-line based; MetaCard is Stack based.
AW is $2700; MC is $1000 (but for many applications, the FreeStarterKit is 
all you need!)
AW is not extensible; MC can be extended/modified to suit your preferences. 

As for other MM apps, there aren't too many cross-platform options. But if 
you are looking at Windoze OS, don't waste your time with Magenta or 
Illuminatus Opus.  Ovation Studio has merit ($400, extensible, small engine, 
decent scripting language.) 

In any case, I suggest you download the trials of at lest 2 packages and 
give AT LEAST 2 weeks of dedicated efffort to testing each one before 
comitting. 

miscdas 

Karl N Jorgensen wrote: 

> Can someone tell me the advantages of MetaCard vs other authoring
tools like
> Authorware etc.?? 
>