Hi everyone,
It's fun to have this platform for developers and so I thought I'd put forward
an idea I've been trying to promote for some time that seems to not get much
traction in the community. Often I get a request that reads like can you add
auto completion support for [your favorite scripting language here]? I
dilligently reply "I don't actually use that language and we have a policy
that these must be done by people who use them and can test them. However Quanta
is set up so that users can add a language using XML." Now, please allow me
some small degree of indulgence here... but isn't it weird that given these facts
- The program was free
- XML should be part of a web developer's toolbox and no big deal
- The idea of "community" means you'd think people would be both
proud and anxious to do their part
Yet it is maybe one in four or less that will finally step up and put a few
hours into what is essentially making a tool their own. I'm not really surprised,
but I can't say I'm still not dissapointed.