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> An example of this is Quicksilver on the Mac. It's considered to be one of the best Mac apps ever and the developer who made it, decided to open source it aft
by luriel 14y ago
> An example of this is Quicksilver on the Mac. It's considered to be one of the best Mac apps ever and the developer who made it, decided to open source it after he decided to take a job at Google. Quicksilver development fell apart afterwards.
I don't use a Mac, and don't even know what Quicksilver was until I checked, but this was posted 17 hours ago:
http://blog.qsapp.com/post/27644282840/ss69-release-quicksilver-1-0-draws-nearer http://blog.qsapp.com/post/27644282840/ss69-release-quicksil...
Maybe development didn't follow at the same pace as before, but to say it "fell apart" when they are very close to releasing 1.0 seems not very accurate to this outside observer.
- technoslut 14y agoMuch of what is left of Quicksilver today is about fixing bugs and keeping it on life support which is why I used the term "fell apart" instead of "dead". This was an app that the developer stopped programming for in 2006 and the bug fixing didn't really start until last year. Th plug-ins to other apps are part of what made Quicksilver great and most still don't work and haven't been updated since that time.
- jiggy2011 14y agoSounds like a great idea for a kickstarter. I'd still take "basic bugfixing and maintenance" over "gone completely" however. I suppose in some sense it's a bit like owning a classic car, the warranty and support from the manufacturer is long since gone but there exists a community of owners and refurb businesses keeping it alive.
- technoslut 14y agoThe difference with your car analogy is that the car doesn't stop working because other cars are adopting new technology or that the roads became worse. Quicksilver broke once Leopard was released.