> > Again, I didn't say that either sources or other parts of the SDK are > useless, what I say is that people don't use them quite often. Some - never > use them. This is a common sense, that if a feature is not mandatory - make > it explicitly optional... It doesn't matter how good uses you can find for > the things in the SDK. The goal _is not_ to provide users with as much > stuff as you can. The purpose is to give them what they really need and be > flexible about giving per request.
While I agree with your point about making a seldom-used feature optional, it might also be true that basing the assumption that these features are seldom used on a poll that was conducted among FlashDevelop users might skew this assumption towards only a certain part of the flash/flex developer community. What I mean is, it might be true that these features are seldom used amongst FlashDevelop users, it might not be representative for users of FDT, IDEA, FlashBuilder, etc. I don't claim to know the preferences of these user groups, but they might be vastly different from the preferences of the FlashDevelop community. Having said that, I do feel you have a point about making certain parts of the SDK optional, I don't think flexibility is a bad thing, so I think you raise a valid point that warrants a healthy discussion :) cheers, Roland
