On Wednesday 08 Jul 2009 12:03:37 pm Ian Trudel wrote:
The overall attitude of some in the community is pretty much "don't like it? change it.", "don't like Squeak? Fork it." Etc.
Squeak is about personal productivity. I find it offers the path of least resistance for personal programming projects. For some UI may be important, but for others, it is just a means to an end. I don't know if this can be called an attitude because Squeak's UI has absorbed many ideas over the years without losing its ability to 'get a job done'. The pace of contributions has slowed for sure, but such dips are a natural part of tech adoption curve.
Considering that someone has pointed out some of us uses Squeak for more than 10 years, it's not just about usability and look-and-feel anymore, but the big question is:
have we got too comfy with Squeak and accepted its general state?
You must be kidding :-). The diversity and volume of opinions in this list can hardly constitute 'acceptance' ;-).
Subbu