Re:Ask HN: Does the Easel programming language still exist?
by lelanthran on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:00AM
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> And it looks very dated -- old-style MDI interface and controls, System font everywhere, bare-bones interface...
Maybe it's just me because I am used to that interface, but it looks much more user-friendly than many of the modern apps I use:
1. I can tell at a glance what is clickable and what is not.
2. I can see the accelerator/shortcut keys for most of the elements.
3. Sections are grouped together, and on a single page. I don't have to click 'Next' to see the next three clickable widgets.
Re:Ask HN: Does the Easel programming language still exist?
by Aeolun on Thursday December 09, 2021 @05:28AM
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If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. I assume all the people still using that language don’t give a whit about looks.
Re:Ask HN: Does the Easel programming language still exist?
by willcipriano on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:32PM
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One of the images says: "Copyright 1982-2020 ESl Syndetic Limited."
They may still be putting out builds.
Re:Ask HN: Does the Easel programming language still exist?
by KineticLensman on Thursday December 09, 2021 @08:29AM
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When you finish scrolling, it says:
Copyright © 2002 - 2021 Esl Syndetic Ltd.
All rights reserved
Last modified: 19th May 2021
Re:Ask HN: Does the Easel programming language still exist?
by jrumbut on Thursday December 09, 2021 @01:31AM
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The homepage shows a release from November.
Hopefully some current Easel devs chime in. I took a look at the docs, it has an interesting approach to userinterface event handling and there seems to be some special "Screen Scraping" facilities.
And it looks very dated -- old-style MDI interface and controls, System font everywhere, bare-bones interface... the discussion of "5250 and 3270 host sessions" doesn't exactly speak to its modernity either.