>
>Recently, Scott Raney wrote:
>
>> This really gets back to the issue of "are stacks documents or
>> applications?" debate that has come up several times in various places
>> over the years. My UNIX and CS background causes me to consider them
>> applications, whereas people with a less technical background tend to
>> consider them documents.
>
>Are pages of text considered "applications" on UNIX? I would imagine these
>are incapable of launching or being edited without some type of engine.
>Isn't a MC stack the same type of animal? You can't launch or edit a stack
>without some type of engine, regardless of whether the engine is external or
>bound to the stack. Granted, I am "less technical" but since (as far as I
>know) you can't "technically" do anything with a stack unless you have the
>engine, a stack would be considered a document.
The analogy is not right. When you doubleclick a stack you launch the engine. The
functionality of a text file without an environment which would allow for
editing is close to none; a stack without the development environment can be as useful
as any application.
I frequently run stacks that way and would be both bothering and a waist of energy to
have the Home and Tools
present when I don't need them. I'm not technical either but the difference between
the engine and the IDE is obvious.
>
>> Not sure where to draw the line on this
>> one: Abide by user expectations, or force them to adapt to a more
>> technically sophisticated architecture?
>
>I might suggest catering to clueless folks like myself, in the interest of
>remaining approachable. The people who have more technical understanding
>will "get it" on their own.
>
>Regards,
>
>Scott
>
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Regards, Andu
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