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Re: Atom

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Post by wololo_ »

Yahivin wrote: post #290

I'm really sad to see that they totally blew it. The performance of a webapp with the accessibility of a desktop app. Not to mention that it's closed source. This is a tremendous step backwards. Looking at the implementation of the open sourced packages is discouraging as well. It looks like they are using a Backbone inspired jQuery infested nightmare of clientside MVC. Maybe my bitterness comes from the fact that I'…

I would wait until I actually try the product instead of calling quits. And jQuery/Backbone is not an infested nightmare MVC. It's beautiful modular javascript.

Re: Atom

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Post by gleenn »

Having used it for the past couple hours, it looks great! It is pretty intuitive, snappy, and looks great. I'm definitely looking forward to using it more.

Re: Atom

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Post by nathancahill »

izolate wrote: post #172
atmosx wrote: post #23

The more I see new editors floating around, the more I'm sticking to VIm. I am getting old, or it's a just a survival instinct. On the other hand, the more the better, but we have already too many editors around.

I've sworn by SublimeText until now. And Atom is getting released during a time when I'm increasingly learning to love console-only computing. I envision a day when I can travel the world with a cheap laptop/chromebook and do all my coding remotely via SSH.. and Vim is very much at the core of that dream. Now I just have to master it.

Here's a really interesting post about that: http://yieldthought.com/post/12239282034/swapped-my-macbook-...

Re: Atom

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Post by Goopplesoft »

sheetjs wrote: post #300
pbiggar wrote: post #271

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where are you getting this from? I can see all the source at https://github.com/atom . Every repo I checked has the MIT license.

Can you build a fully functional version of Atom just from those repos? To compare, Apple releases source code for some components, but they definitely don't distribute "/System/Library/Extensions/Dont Steal Mac OS X.kext".

I thought that file was a joke until I checked it and it actually exists. For those (like me) wondering what it does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93Intel_architectur...

Re: Atom

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Post by callumjones »

fafner wrote: post #322
davexunit wrote: post #208

> A hackable text editor for the 21st century I'll fix: A proprietary (unhackable) text editor that only runs on OS X. I imagine that web developers will drool over this.

And it reports data to Google... http://atom.io/packages/metrics

"If you do not want this information reported, disable this package from the Metrics section of the Settings view (cmd-,)."

Re: Atom

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Post by cmelbye »

izolate wrote: post #172
atmosx wrote: post #23

The more I see new editors floating around, the more I'm sticking to VIm. I am getting old, or it's a just a survival instinct. On the other hand, the more the better, but we have already too many editors around.

I've sworn by SublimeText until now. And Atom is getting released during a time when I'm increasingly learning to love console-only computing. I envision a day when I can travel the world with a cheap laptop/chromebook and do all my coding remotely via SSH.. and Vim is very much at the core of that dream. Now I just have to master it.

To be fair, an editor built on open web technologies could also be at the core of a dream to travel the world with a Chromebook.

Re: Atom

#338

Post by ksec »

I was hoping Github will offer a one stop shop for Online Editor via Atom and Communication via Gitter.

Looks like i was wrong.

Re: Atom

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Post by yeukhon »

victorhooi wrote: post #298
skennedy wrote: post #102

To help us improve the editor, Atom sends usage information to Google Analytics. See [atom/metrics]( https://github.com/atom/metrics ) for details. More data going to Google without opting in first? Bummer.

See, I never get the tinfoil hat crowd. Are any of us so self-important, that we think our usage stats for a text editor are some kind of top-secret data? I mean, come on - it's a text editor - I edit my scratchpad and my coding projects on it. If any of the stuff I had was that top-secret, I'd be doing it in a digital clean-room, with an airgap. And I'd actually have top-secret clearance. How many of us here actuall…

I just don't understand why people downvote you. It's quite stupid to downvote someone who is merely pointing out facts.

Google analytic is everywhere. If you don't want Github to track you, then don't use it. So if people fear Google, then should Github do the tracking on its own? Then all the sudden Github is not evil anymore. But look: github has your repository, your code. If you have a private repo, github still owns the source code in their data store. So in the end, privacy on Github? Minimal.

And you know what? Github itself has been using Google analytic for years. And now we are complaining about Google collecting data?

If you care about privacy, you shouldn't even be using Github. If you care about your privacy, you should never give up your true IP, your true identity on the Internet.

Re: Atom

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Post by steveklabnik »

brian_cloutier wrote: post #243
mikeevans wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any chance for ChromeOS support?

It's most likely not possible until there's a "hosted atom" you connect to with your browser. ChromeOS is /just/ a web browser and won't run node, which Atom uses to do its processing.

Putting in my +1 for a ChromeOS option.
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