why not on Nostr: #[0] The mantra back in the day was that the Linux desktop had to be un-like Apple ...
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The mantra back in the day was that the Linux desktop had to be un-like Apple and Microsoft in every way possible. The mindset was that wrong licensing also implied wrong design. That initiative is a famous and endlessly irritating failure.
I see some of the same thought process and hubris in this thread.
Unless you have some blockbuster new ideas just itching to fly from your fingertips into your IDE, I'd say that imitating popular birdsite features is a solid strategy, esp. if they are simple to implement & resource-saving (as QTs are) and mainly being withheld on principle.
The mantra back in the day was that the Linux desktop had to be un-like Apple and Microsoft in every way possible. The mindset was that wrong licensing also implied wrong design. That initiative is a famous and endlessly irritating failure.
I see some of the same thought process and hubris in this thread.
Unless you have some blockbuster new ideas just itching to fly from your fingertips into your IDE, I'd say that imitating popular birdsite features is a solid strategy, esp. if they are simple to implement & resource-saving (as QTs are) and mainly being withheld on principle.