Re: Fluid Application Environment 3.0.alpha1 Released!
- Posted by ChrisB (moderator) Oct 11, 2013
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Hi Ryan
I've been sort of following you efforts with FluidAE ever since its inception, and I'd just like to say I am impressed, both wit the product and your dedication to it. This has much promise. However, if I may few (hopefully) constructive criticism.
I consider myself a long term newbie, and like to play with the new programs that come without necessarily getting stuck into the nitty gritty of them. As such I consider myself the perfect beta tester.
So
The startup is quite slow for the demo - 30 seconds on my (old) 2Ghz Xp system. Is there a reason for this, and are there any plans to speed it up? Perhaps the library could be put into a dll for speedier access - I have no idea if that would help or not (or even if it's possible)
You have obviously spent a considerable time thinking about the API - but to me, and I may be just me - it isn't as intuitive as you suggest. Perhaps some more hand holding in the manual, or more commented single and few widget demos would go a long way to help.
The layout system is similar to GTK and wxwidgets, again perhaps a little more detail in the manual, or demos would be helpful.
Any way, keep up the excellent work, with its simplicity of installation it will certainly be a useful addition to the Euphoria tool set.
Chris
