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Like Google's Fuchsia, oh wait...

shadowgovt 7y ago
Fuchsia seems to be an exception that proves the rule. And it doesn't find the rule wanting. Three years since it stealth-launched, and forward momentum on Fuchsia seems... Questionable?
- lioeters 7y ago
  Fuchsia looks pretty active as far as commits go: https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/fuchsia/+log https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/fuchsia/+log It also seems I regularly see new posts about it on HN, with a generally positive reception and optimism among its users. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=fuchsia&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
  - skyfaller 7y ago
    The only piece of Fuchsia that's excited me so far is the Xi Editor, which seems to be developing rather slowly if not stalled out completely. https://github.com/xi-editor/xi-editor https://github.com/xi-editor/xi-editor (Yes, it's not part of Fuchsia anymore, but so far I haven't heard anything about the remaining parts of Fuchsia that makes me inclined to care about it until Google forces me to care.)
    - MaxBarraclough 7y ago
      Looks ambitious, and happily there's some recent GitHub activity, but I already have Vim and Notepad++. What does Xi have that those two don't?
      - skyfaller 7y ago
        It's just intended to be way faster than existing editors: "Incredibly high performance. All editing operations should commit and paint in under 16ms. The editor should never make you wait for anything." If it succeeded in that, I think it would pave the way for faster, less-bloated software in general, so I'm rooting for the project to succeed.
        MaxBarraclough 7y ago
        I like lightweight software, but performance isn't a problem in any modern text editor. Notepad++ and Vim are already light enough. Vim is 'real-time' responsive even over SSH. I don't see much room for improvement.
tjalfi 7y ago
Google has their search, ads, and pending browser monopoly to fund their endeavors. Most companies don't.

Fuchsia seems to be an exception that proves the rule. And it doesn't find the rule wanting. Three years since it stealth-launched, and forward momentum on Fuchsia seems... Questionable?

lioeters 7y ago
Fuchsia looks pretty active as far as commits go: https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/fuchsia/+log https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/fuchsia/+log It also seems I regularly see new posts about it on HN, with a generally positive reception and optimism among its users. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=fuchsia&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- skyfaller 7y ago
  The only piece of Fuchsia that's excited me so far is the Xi Editor, which seems to be developing rather slowly if not stalled out completely. https://github.com/xi-editor/xi-editor https://github.com/xi-editor/xi-editor (Yes, it's not part of Fuchsia anymore, but so far I haven't heard anything about the remaining parts of Fuchsia that makes me inclined to care about it until Google forces me to care.)
  - MaxBarraclough 7y ago
    Looks ambitious, and happily there's some recent GitHub activity, but I already have Vim and Notepad++. What does Xi have that those two don't?
    - skyfaller 7y ago
      It's just intended to be way faster than existing editors: "Incredibly high performance. All editing operations should commit and paint in under 16ms. The editor should never make you wait for anything." If it succeeded in that, I think it would pave the way for faster, less-bloated software in general, so I'm rooting for the project to succeed.
      - MaxBarraclough 7y ago
        I like lightweight software, but performance isn't a problem in any modern text editor. Notepad++ and Vim are already light enough. Vim is 'real-time' responsive even over SSH. I don't see much room for improvement.

tjalfi 7y ago

Google has their search, ads, and pending browser monopoly to fund their endeavors. Most companies don't.