If I were King of Lively, I might decide to leave popularity to the politicians, and remain focussed on my quest for the grail.
Either way, I would banish all evangelists from my Kingdom. There is too much evangelism in the world, and not enough pastoralism. To be popular ------------- Being a popular King, means having to have a good answer to a question like: "our school only uses IE and Flash, and even if we installed a supported browser, Lively feels sluggish and the kids find it fiddly to use" -which isn't even a question. "Where is the debugger" is a question; but isn't any easier to answer. Yes, I am saying that Lively isn't ready for the prime-time. Lively doesn't have to be *quite* as crisp to use as a trinket implemented in Flash, but it has to be closer. Lively doesn't have to offer all the bells and whistles of a Visual Studio, Dreamweaver or Squeak -but it has to be closer than it is now. There are lots of interesting possibilities for getting there quickly I think, but they amount to the usual Kingly strategy: LIE ,CHEAT, STEAL AND KILL. I'll post details on each over the next couple of days, as I get a chance to trim my ramblings down a little. Pete F (gerbil) _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://livelykernel.sunlabs.com/mailman/listinfo/general
