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No, it's actually a single application OS that accepts plugins, so instead of buying a spreadsheet, you add spreadsheet functions to The Text Editor, you learn
by mavhc 4y ago
No, it's actually a single application OS that accepts plugins, so instead of buying a spreadsheet, you add spreadsheet functions to The Text Editor, you learn one application, and add features to that instead of buying new applications.
- 0x445442 4y agoAza talked at length about this when he was working on Enso. The premise is that it’s inefficient from a UI perspective to have an OS with a bunch of silo’d applications that aren’t easily able to share data. I agree with this and I think it’s an underlying reason why power users are drawn to the terminal or go to great lengths to live in EMACS. They’re drawn to the ubiquitous nature of those UIs over the disjointed desktop experience or the schizophrenic web experience. In fact, in addition to Enso, Aza Raskin worked on a Firefox plugin called Ubiquity.
- mavhc 4y agohttps://croftnuisk.co.uk/coltsoft-docs/fireworkz/GSGuide/windows/content/gsg01.html https://croftnuisk.co.uk/coltsoft-docs/fireworkz/GSGuide/win... is a Wordprocessor/Spreadsheet/Database in one. https://textease-studio-ct.apponic.com/ https://textease-studio-ct.apponic.com/ is a DTP/WP/Spreadsheet/Database/Drawing/Painting/Slideshow/Movie Editor/Turtle Logo program in one Neither had the ability for 3rd party plugins though