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Are you implying Sublime Text is somehow on its way "out"? Is there a reliable way to compare text editor usage beyond popularity from Google Trends?
by djhn 11y ago
Are you implying Sublime Text is somehow on its way "out"? Is there a reliable way to compare text editor usage beyond popularity from Google Trends?
- tokenizerrr 11y agoWhile I do like Sublime Text, development really has stagnated and it doesn't help that the core is closed source.
- wat_soon 11y agoThe rate at which new plugins are developed (and maintained) for it maybe? Does it support xyz? To me, editors are on their way "out" if they can't keep up with the new languages / etc. Sublime text isn't going anywhere quickly. It can do a lot of things. If it can't keep up with other text editors it will still be usable, but may not be best option for everything. People value notepad/nano for quick editing. What role will sublime text play once a "superior" text editor comes into play?
- yAnonymous 11y agoAbsolutely. Their mistake was not making it open source sooner and the development is going very slow, too. It was inevitable that once a good cross-platform open source editor is available many people would jump ship. ST is a great editor, but Atom has already surpassed it in most categories, thanks to the community. You can't beat that with a small team working on a closed source editor.
- pier25 11y agoIt's actually just one guy behind Sublime. Probably the reason why it is sinking.
- yAnonymous 11y agoDeveloping software like ST alone is actually pretty amazing.
- pier25 11y agoIt's actually just one guy behind Sublime. Probably the reason why it is sinking.
- lorenzhs 11y agoThere hasn't been a new dev build of Sublime Text 3 in six months. It doesn't look very active, and being closed source definitely doesn't help.