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Articulate Status and Software
I'd like to open a conversation about disconnecting the use of Storyline from the need to constantly authenticate. I am currently in the middle of an important lesson that has a very specific amount ...
Incorrect ! There are competitors... and good ones too. Only their marketing is less. ELB Lectora, SmartBuilder, Dominknow One, easyGenerator, Elucidat, Absorb and many many more. All depends on your needs.
I don't want to say that other programs aren't great, but we aren't looking for simple, cloud-based pseudo tools or LMS's. We build complex simulations in a secure network environment. Of those, only Lectora (as far as I am aware) is a legitimate contender. Even then, Lectora has a need to also constantly be online, unless you want to "activate by phone" every time you open it (older versions, unsure if that's how it works now).
That said, I'm not interested in shopping; I'm interested in making an already good tool better, and assisting Articulate in understanding how the impairment of that tool can affect very specific industries or learning groups.
The real solution here is that there is no reason for Storyline to be so aggressive in phoning home and should have a longer grace period particularly when servers go down. It should simply wait longer until they come back online, for an already authenticated paying customer. This should NEVER happen.
In Lectora desktop you can build anything without having to be online. Just delivered a multi user game with very complex structure.
