4 ms·
I looked at both screenshots, and aside from the dark theme, it's not clear how the Komodo screenshot is different. They both show a bunch of windows that presu
by credit_guy 7y ago
I looked at both screenshots, and aside from the dark theme, it's not clear how the Komodo screenshot is different. They both show a bunch of windows that presumably allow you to navigate files and classes, and the code window offers syntax highlighting. Sure, the window style is different, and the fonts too; there's more color in the non-coding windows on the Komodo side. All right, design-wise the Komodo screenshot feels more modern.
However, my take on "modern" is that the authors of the TclSqueek were thinking more at function than form. I can't speak about that one with first hand experience, but I talked with Smalltalk developers, and they think the Smalltalk environment is still unmatched. If that is the target that TclSqueek tries to emulate, then it is "modern".
- hoistbypetard 7y agoFair enough. It screams pre OS X NextStep to me, which is probably very much related to that. Chrome aside, the non-modern thing that jumps out at me is that you likely have a few more windows/dialogs/palettes/etc. you're working with in TclSqueak, where Komodo adopts a pattern of decorations on the side of a single window that cause additional panes to appear within that same window as you click them. I don't especially like that specific turn we've taken over the past 10 years or so, but that pattern of revealing hidden bits within one big window sticks out quite a bit even beyond the chrome to me.