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Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by vidar » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 5:16 PM UTC

Notice that this is not the TextMate developers site, there is an extra c in the domain name.

Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 5:21 PM UTC

collint wrote: post #2

oof This feels less like a prank and more like an insult. An insult to me, the paying textmate customer.

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Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by mm256 » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 5:59 PM UTC

cjoh wrote: post #10

Funnier and more tactful jokes would have been: TextMate 2 Delayed until Q[REDACTED] 20[REDACTED] TextMate 2 to be bundled with Duke Nukem Forever TextMate 2 part of Honeycomb Textmate 2 part of the FaceTime Protocol TextMate and Emacs projects merging due to threats from Kod TextMate 2 adds new "insert mode" functionality TextMate 2 to only ship on iOS devices Just a few suggestions.

I bet TextMate 3 will be published before 2

Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by vamsee » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:01 PM UTC

That's probably the first April fools' joke that got a laugh out of me today :)

Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by bradleyland » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

James, I hope you'll consider the negative impact this could have on Allan's perception in the community. Most will find it at least partially humorous, but others (see some of the comments below) won't recognize that it's not actually Allan making the joke.

With all the discomfort present in the TM community associated with the long wait for TM2, there will be a fair number of people who will come to believe that Allan used April 1st as an opportunity to give his user base the finger. They'll carry this feeling forward, never realizing that this was a spoof.

Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by ntulip » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:17 PM UTC

bradleyland wrote: post #15

James, I hope you'll consider the negative impact this could have on Allan's perception in the community. Most will find it at least partially humorous, but others (see some of the comments below) won't recognize that it's not actually Allan making the joke. With all the discomfort present in the TM community associated with the long wait for TM2, there will be a fair number of people who will come to believe that Al…

I am so pissed about that. After years of waiting and now a prank. Thanks for the Finger TM. i'm done. Welcome to TextWrangler.

EDIT: I see what you did there with the URL. Funny.

Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by ntulip » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 6:18 PM UTC

Zev wrote: post #8

collint wrote: post #2

oof This feels less like a prank and more like an insult. An insult to me, the paying textmate customer.

Look at the URL: Mac c romates. The rest of the links redirect back to the real site, sans the second c.

damn it.

Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by sc00ter » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 7:14 PM UTC

BlackRolled!

Re: TextMate 2 RC1 Released

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Post by danielsju6 » Fri, Apr 01, 2011, 7:24 PM UTC

bradleyland wrote: post #15

James, I hope you'll consider the negative impact this could have on Allan's perception in the community. Most will find it at least partially humorous, but others (see some of the comments below) won't recognize that it's not actually Allan making the joke. With all the discomfort present in the TM community associated with the long wait for TM2, there will be a fair number of people who will come to believe that Al…

I'm planning on changing the page after today, letting everyone know that it was a hoax and giving some information on my favorite TM plugins to bridge the gap between TM1 and TM2.

I have considered changing it to something that's more obviously a joke, since it's been caught up in the twitternets, but for the most part the response I've seen is positive.

I have mad respect for Allan, but he has been the butt of a lot of running jokes "Vaporware of the Year" awards and such. Ultimately, I don't think a lot of people will be taking things too seriously today and hope it doesn't reflect negatively on Allan, but if it does end up as a bit of a kick in the butt, he could use it. I would hate to see his awesome tool fade into obscurity.