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Re: Atom

#11

Post by iambateman » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:44 PM UTC

A competitor to Sublime is a great thing. Sublime is great and I love it, but we need more teams like Github building editors that make sense.

Thanks Github!

Re: Atom

#12

Post by hodgesmr » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:44 PM UTC

Apparently this was almost 6 years in the making. https://twitter.com/defunkt/status/438791340222971904

Re: Atom

#13

Post by flyosity » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:45 PM UTC

ohhmaar wrote: post #3

I don't like how it looks like Sublime text... couldn't they have designed something new?

As the designer who worked on the main interface for Sublime Text 2, it does irk me that it looks so similar. They had carte blanche to create a wonderful new interface and they mostly just copied Sublime Text. The go-to anything menu looks especially similar. https://t.co/5YxVbZcVcK

Re: Atom

#14

Post by teraflop » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:46 PM UTC

No mention of supported platforms, but the documentation refers to keyboard shortcuts like "cmd-shift-P". This isn't Mac-only, is it?

Re: Atom

#15

Post by atmosx » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

iambateman wrote: post #11

A competitor to Sublime is a great thing. Sublime is great and I love it, but we need more teams like Github building editors that make sense. Thanks Github!

How did you come to this conclusion?

Re: Atom

#16

Post by justizin » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:48 PM UTC

So it's light table without Chris Granger, for better or worse..

Re: Atom

#17

Post by ps4fanboy » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

ohhmaar wrote: post #3

I don't like how it looks like Sublime text... couldn't they have designed something new?

Sublime text looks a lot like textmate to me, just darker.

Re: Atom

#18

Post by spicyj » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

spicyj wrote: post #2

I can't tell from this page whether it's open source -- I hope it is.

From ##atom IRC:

kevinsawicki: is the actual core going to be OS?

DouweM: not during the beta

How is atom both invite-only and open source at the same time?

tyOverby: the engine isn't open source (or at least yet)

Re: Atom

#19

Post by arthurcolle » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

flyosity wrote: post #13

ohhmaar wrote: post #3

I don't like how it looks like Sublime text... couldn't they have designed something new?

As the designer who worked on the main interface for Sublime Text 2, it does irk me that it looks so similar. They had carte blanche to create a wonderful new interface and they mostly just copied Sublime Text. The go-to anything menu looks especially similar. https://t.co/5YxVbZcVcK

Just wondering, do you know how to code? What are your day to day tools as a designer?

Re: Atom

#20

Post by nicklovescode » Wed, Feb 26, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

Can I use it online? That would be the killer feature for me, being able to code on anyone's computer in a second. Currently it's basically the only thing stopping me from being able to pick up anyone's computer and use it as I use my own.