Why is IP in Menu Bar 4.1 so big (12.9MB) and an app that appears to do the same thing (IPMenulet 1.0) so small (172KB)? What does this app do that IPMenulet 1.0 doesn't do? And why the huge difference in size of the two apps?
Easy answer: IP in menubar is coded in real basic, an easy language to learn, visual, pretty much anyone that can drag and drop can code an app in rb. They are not as pretty as cocoa apps, not as fast, and as you noticed not as small in terms of app size but it also hogs resources more than a clean cocoa app.
RB is really for people who either don't know much coding or who want to make multi-platform apps since rb can be ran on any OS. If your on a mac, use cocoa apps and in this case, ipmenulet.
Both apps are opensource at their respective sites so go and play!!
Anonymousreviewed on 25 Jan 2005
Wow. Nearly a meg for a one-trick pony, whereas MenuMeters does this and quite a number of other functions at less than half the size.
That's REALCr...REALBasic for you.
[Version 3.1]
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Anonymouscommented on 25 Jan 2005
I don't understand complaints about file size these days. Are people still using 14k modems with 10mb hard drives?
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Anonymouscommented on 26 Jan 2005
I believe his point was that, as hardware costs have declined -- especially storage costs -- many companies & programmers have become lazy and much less efficient as a result. I'm not saying this programmer is lazy at all -- but perhaps the makers of RealBasic aren't really making "tight and efficent" software.
Anonymousreviewed on 06 Sep 2004
A great little app. I change locations often. With this app, I can easily see when the new IP has connected (and connected correctly) without having to click a drop down menu.
Sometimes the simplest apps are the most useful. Certainly this one is.
[Version 2.1]
Anonymousreviewed on 01 Mar 2004
Simple quick and easy....
I have it set at startup and having to bounce around among different wifi networks I know my connection is working when I see the IP address kick in....
been using it since June of last year with no problems
currently running panther 10.3.2
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RB is really for people who either don't know much coding or who want to make multi-platform apps since rb can be ran on any OS. If your on a mac, use cocoa apps and in this case, ipmenulet.
Both apps are opensource at their respective sites so go and play!!
Anonymous reviewed on 25 Jan 2005
That's REALCr...REALBasic for you.
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Anonymous reviewed on 06 Sep 2004
Sometimes the simplest apps are the most useful. Certainly this one is.
Anonymous reviewed on 01 Mar 2004
I have it set at startup and having to bounce around among different wifi networks I know my connection is working when I see the IP address kick in....
been using it since June of last year with no problems
currently running panther 10.3.2