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I have 60 seconds. I couldn't figure out what this was, so it's forgotten. A few screenshots on the home page that gives an abstract idea would solve this. ED

I have 60 seconds. I couldn't figure out what this was, so it's forgotten. A few screenshots on the home page that gives an abstract idea would solve this. EDIT: Found this by reading the comments. https://blog.isomorf.io/what-is-isomorƒ-bdc50ce597ee https://blog.isomorf.io/what-is-isomorƒ-bdc50ce597ee In another 60 seconds I've learned that it's a way to program in a syntax-agnostic way with your mouse. I don't like using my mouse because of wrist fatigue, so I guess I wouldn't be interested.

aaron_kent 9y ago
Happy the blog post helped. One update is that we've moved to an entirely keyboard-based model for editing, so there is only minimal mouse work now. More details here if you are interested: https://blog.isomorf.io/an-experiment-in-structured-code-editing-68b917a9157c https://blog.isomorf.io/an-experiment-in-structured-code-edi...
scoggs 9y ago
While I agree with you on most things and I understand I'm not adding much to the overall discussion I kinda feel like saying: >I don't like using my mouse because of wrist fatigue, so I guess I wouldn't be interested. Is like saying: >Having to do activities that involve lightly throwing baseballs hurts my arm so I'm going to stick with lightly throwing tennis balls.
tom_mellior 9y ago
I couldn't get it to do anything with the mouse. As far as I could tell, it uses key presses outside of text input widgets to do anything useful. My Firefox is set up to search as I type, so key presses outside of text input widgets aren't visible to the application. Oh well. Structural editors didn't catch on in the 1980s, I'm not holding my breath for the 2010s. But we'll see; some things do change. Also, it might really be useful for beginners or people who write programs without considering themselves programmers.
peeters 9y ago
> In another 60 seconds I've learned that it's a way to program in a syntax-agnostic way with your mouse. Oh wow I got like 5 minutes into the tour and didn't realize that until I read your comment. I gave up because it felt like I was just looking at an HTML IDE with some verbose Java. If the novel part of the product isn't showcased in the first few minutes of the tour you're going to lose a lot of interest.

aaron_kent 9y ago

Happy the blog post helped. One update is that we've moved to an entirely keyboard-based model for editing, so there is only minimal mouse work now. More details here if you are interested: https://blog.isomorf.io/an-experiment-in-structured-code-editing-68b917a9157c https://blog.isomorf.io/an-experiment-in-structured-code-edi...

scoggs 9y ago

While I agree with you on most things and I understand I'm not adding much to the overall discussion I kinda feel like saying: >I don't like using my mouse because of wrist fatigue, so I guess I wouldn't be interested. Is like saying: >Having to do activities that involve lightly throwing baseballs hurts my arm so I'm going to stick with lightly throwing tennis balls.

tom_mellior 9y ago

I couldn't get it to do anything with the mouse. As far as I could tell, it uses key presses outside of text input widgets to do anything useful. My Firefox is set up to search as I type, so key presses outside of text input widgets aren't visible to the application. Oh well. Structural editors didn't catch on in the 1980s, I'm not holding my breath for the 2010s. But we'll see; some things do change. Also, it might really be useful for beginners or people who write programs without considering themselves programmers.

peeters 9y ago

> In another 60 seconds I've learned that it's a way to program in a syntax-agnostic way with your mouse. Oh wow I got like 5 minutes into the tour and didn't realize that until I read your comment. I gave up because it felt like I was just looking at an HTML IDE with some verbose Java. If the novel part of the product isn't showcased in the first few minutes of the tour you're going to lose a lot of interest.