I believe the developers of this IDE are contemplating adding a "personal" account since the current price is a little prohibitive for hobby usage. As for the

I believe the developers of this IDE are contemplating adding a "personal" account since the current price is a little prohibitive for hobby usage. As for the syntax of Haskell, I think it makes a lot of sense when you consider that the language is fundamentally declarative. The syntax could be a big nuisance if you don't really grok the Haskell way of thinking. It's a bit like vim in that sense: until you realize that the different commands basically form a language for manipulating text, with different units of action that can be combined in natural ways, the modal environment of vim would probably seem like more of a nuisance than anything else.