Re:Atom now using Io.js
by thedufer on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @05:34PM
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The biggest issue with Sublime is that it's been unchanged for over a year. I think that's the big problem that Atom is solving - Sublime + active development.
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Sublime devs released a build today:
http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17509
The product is alive but understandably slow with a single developer.
Single developer shouldn't be that big of a factor in slow development and complete media silence for six months to a year on end; any half-decent developer can churn out an update every week, whether it's a new feature or just a bugfix. That's how you keep people excited about your program, and how to prevent it from seeming stale and dead.
What is it that you would like to see fixed in or added to Sublime Text?
I don't use it; I just know that this is the reason many of my coworkers are moving away from it. I've heard concerns about it breaking on a future OS upgrade, or just failing to keep up with others in features.
Re:Atom now using Io.js
by SchizoDuckie on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @02:37AM
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https://twitter.com/sublimehq
Development will speed up in 2015. 2 releases in a week 'stable' enough for you?
Is my Twitter screwed? No tweets since Dec 2013.
Except it HAS changed.
http://www.sublimetext.com/3dev
If you're looking to lose any and all good will you've established, charging all previous customers $70 to get updates is a great way to do it. ST2 dev is dead, which is what matters to the people who already paid for the product.