Re: Eu 2.5 improvements over Eu 2.4
spent memory wrote:
> Can someone list the major improvements of 2.5 over 2.4,
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/relnotes.htm
> after reading
> many posts and looking through info i haven't found much reason to
> install the 2.5 that's been sitting on my desktop for 2 days.
Once people start using $ and crash_routine(), and posting
that code to the Archive, you'll have to install 2.5. 
> Nor have i seen any posts praising the release of 2.5.
> Why does it all seem to be negative??
People tend to notice the changes that they don't like
before they appreciate the changes that they do like.
Any change at all, no matter how trivial, is likely to
offend someone. For instance removing a warning message
that was pretty rare and almost always a just a nuisance,
has already disturbed a few people, but I'm sure it will
be a minor improvement for 90% of users who would otherwise
scratch their heads over how to stop it without stopping
other warnings at the same time.
Some people complained about speed, then discovered it
was their mistake, or something weird in their setup.
Someone complained trace wasn't working, then realized it was
his mistake.
Startup time is an issue for people running large programs
on old machines, but that will get steadily better as
the front end is speeded up, and these old machines are
gradually retired. Machine speed increases much faster
over the years than average program size.
The install program had a couple of people in hysterics
because it changed one of their Euphoria file associations.
They didn't realize you could just right click and set it
back in a few seconds.
Some wisdom I've gained after doing this for many years
is this:
You can never satisfy the demand for new features by
providing new features. You just make it worse!
When you give people something new, the first thing
they do is start asking for enhancements of what you've
given them.
By giving people an open source Euphoria, they immediately
starting demanding more openness, and more ways to use the
open source, and they get upset when they can't have it
right away.
The people on this list who tend to be the most negative,
also tend to be people who have been on this list for many
years, and apparently have not found anything better
to use than Euphoria in all that time.
Having said that, I must admit that it's negative
comments that are more likely to push me into improving
Euphoria. Too many positive comments and I might just
crack open a beer and go watch a DVD for a couple of
hours instead of trying to improve things.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
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