Thanks. Every time I look at a new programming language there's something I HATE about it. For C it was the need to have a semi-colon at the end of every line, for java it was the straight jacket they placed on me, for python it was the whitespace active syntax, for ruby it was the incredibly verbose begin/end. I got over all of it in a matter of hours or days. Except the java straight jacket -- seriously that blew. But that initial reaction can completely change the adoption rate which is why the more innovative technologies take longer to reach mainstream adoption, usually 5-6 years. Sass is only 2 years old -- just an adolescent technology really. Folks that dismissed sass a year ago are taking a second look recently and deciding it's worth using now.
Even if Sass ends up being a "second place" technology like prototype to jquery, I still will be proud of it, because we're breaking ground and changing the way people think about design and and the maintainability of websites. The biggest hurdle that any new style syntax has is the need to compile it. To that end, making Sass embed-able within a web browser and fast enough that users don't notice it, will be a radical step towards mainstream adoption. This means having all kinds of boring things like W3C proposals, a published grammar, a C-based parser, and a spec suite to validate alternate implementations of sass as compliant, etc. Chris On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:20 AM, s.ross <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Noel wrote: > > > > > I think that part of the reason that less got so much attention has to > > do with marketing. By that I mean they really have a nice site and it > > is very easy to compare and contrast CSS with LessCss. > > Also a little Twitter love. You're right. It's hard to overstate how > much marketing a technology does for it. Look at "Prototype is bad, > jQuery is good." I just have to think some of that has to do with the > community uptake of jQuery and how easy it is to find your way around > their site and grab plugins. > > Kudos to Nathan and Hampton for the great ideas and to Chris for > showing the world how insanely cool Sass can be in application. This > is not to neglect everyone else who's contributed to the project. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haml" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
