On 9 March 2012 22:41, Geert Claes <geert.wl.claes@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok, I have succumbed and will post a quick reply ... although I realize this looks like one of those threads where a lot of people say "we need to do this ... or ... we need to do what xyz does" and as Stef often - and rightly so - says, don't just talk but roll up your sleeves and do something :)
Anyhow, I reckon Pharo has already come a long way since I started following the Smalltalk community ... I know some people like them but I cringed at the pastel colored screens. Â Pharo's biggest problem is still bad UX i.e. User eXperience. Â The latest Nautilus browser is only marginally better than the alternatives, but it hasn't really evolved much from the browsers from the 70's. Â From a usability point of view, Pharo and its browsers are not intuitive and don't look cool enough to attract more new blood and increase its popularity.
Well, cool is not synonim of useful. But i agree: cool and useful is way better than just useful or just cool.
Having said that, I am actually more interested to see things like SmalltalkHub launched and whatever can be done to make web app development in Smalltalk easier with things like Amber Smalltalk. Â People want to make web apps and finding somewhere cheap to host your stuff is much easier when using RoR, Django or whatever rather than Seaside, AIDA or Iliad.
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