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Until Atom does something for other than Mac, it's just an experiment and not a real tool.

riquito 12y ago
> Until Atom does something for other than Mac, it's just an experiment and not a real tool. Unless you're using Mac. There are very good editor/IDE that run on a single platform.
Terretta 12y ago
Just like Final Cut or OmniFocus are not real tools?
- 1stop 12y ago
  Funny, Final Cut X isn't a real tool, it's sad that Adobe are trouncing apple at the moment in the video space, and OmniFocus is a toy piece of software... there are probably more users of Atom.io than Omnifocus ;) I get your point, you don't have to be multiplatform, but your two examples aren't good ones.
  - henryaj 12y ago
    In what way is OmniFocus a 'toy'? It's a powerful GTD tool with iPhone and iPad clients, and a thriving beta testing community currently testing v2.
  - coldtea 12y ago
    >Funny, Final Cut X isn't a real tool, it's sad that Adobe are trouncing apple at the moment in the video space Perhaps you are 1-2 years behind in the news. What you refer was based on the FPCX release back in the day. Since then it added the missing features (multicam, library management and tons of other stuff), and has regained market share. Actually it has been one of the top sellers for Apple. Professional editors that bashed it, have changed their tune -- you can find several articles and posts to that effect. The whole backslash were because FCP7 was discontinued and initial FCPX didn't have 100% parity. Plus, editors didn't know how development works (can't blame them), so couldn't understand that a newly developed engine, re-designed to be future-proof, will have dropped features and might lunch without 100% parity. >and OmniFocus is a toy piece of software... there are probably more users of Atom.io than Omnifocus ;) You seem to have a very bizarro notion of what's a "toy piece of software". Actually Atom.io is as fringe as it gets. Most people have checked it out of curiosity and returned to their editors. Omnifocus, OTOH, has been featured on the Mac Store, and has been on the top list of best selling apps.
- Fomite 12y ago
  Or Xcode.
archagon 12y ago
I've been a Windows user for about two decades, and I've never heard anyone complain about software being Windows-exclusive — it was just the norm. But now that the Mac's become a little more popular, I see lots of tech-savvy people suddenly getting offended whenever a cool new piece of software comes out for OSX first. It's really annoying.
- CmonDev 12y ago
  Linux people complain about Windows all the time.
  - tonyedgecombe 12y ago
    Linux people complain all the time.
    - BigTuna 12y ago
      People complain all the time.
- pritambaral 12y ago
  > never heard anyone complain about software being Windows-exclusive Really? I guess you never spent time outside of Windows-user circles. Understandable, since they're the majority. But I've been whining and have heard others groan about Windows-exclusivity precisely since I was introduced to Linux.

> Until Atom does something for other than Mac, it's just an experiment and not a real tool. Unless you're using Mac. There are very good editor/IDE that run on a single platform.

Terretta 12y ago

Just like Final Cut or OmniFocus are not real tools?

1stop 12y ago
Funny, Final Cut X isn't a real tool, it's sad that Adobe are trouncing apple at the moment in the video space, and OmniFocus is a toy piece of software... there are probably more users of Atom.io than Omnifocus ;) I get your point, you don't have to be multiplatform, but your two examples aren't good ones.
- henryaj 12y ago
  In what way is OmniFocus a 'toy'? It's a powerful GTD tool with iPhone and iPad clients, and a thriving beta testing community currently testing v2.
- coldtea 12y ago
  >Funny, Final Cut X isn't a real tool, it's sad that Adobe are trouncing apple at the moment in the video space Perhaps you are 1-2 years behind in the news. What you refer was based on the FPCX release back in the day. Since then it added the missing features (multicam, library management and tons of other stuff), and has regained market share. Actually it has been one of the top sellers for Apple. Professional editors that bashed it, have changed their tune -- you can find several articles and posts to that effect. The whole backslash were because FCP7 was discontinued and initial FCPX didn't have 100% parity. Plus, editors didn't know how development works (can't blame them), so couldn't understand that a newly developed engine, re-designed to be future-proof, will have dropped features and might lunch without 100% parity. >and OmniFocus is a toy piece of software... there are probably more users of Atom.io than Omnifocus ;) You seem to have a very bizarro notion of what's a "toy piece of software". Actually Atom.io is as fringe as it gets. Most people have checked it out of curiosity and returned to their editors. Omnifocus, OTOH, has been featured on the Mac Store, and has been on the top list of best selling apps.
Fomite 12y ago
Or Xcode.

archagon 12y ago

I've been a Windows user for about two decades, and I've never heard anyone complain about software being Windows-exclusive — it was just the norm. But now that the Mac's become a little more popular, I see lots of tech-savvy people suddenly getting offended whenever a cool new piece of software comes out for OSX first. It's really annoying.

CmonDev 12y ago
Linux people complain about Windows all the time.
- tonyedgecombe 12y ago
  Linux people complain all the time.
  - BigTuna 12y ago
    People complain all the time.
pritambaral 12y ago
> never heard anyone complain about software being Windows-exclusive Really? I guess you never spent time outside of Windows-user circles. Understandable, since they're the majority. But I've been whining and have heard others groan about Windows-exclusivity precisely since I was introduced to Linux.