At this point I'm viewing QSB as the next iteration of QS. It doesn't
have all the features, but it's a very early access release and
they're looking for feed back. While QS was being developed, lots
things changed. I think Alcor viewed it as a project to play with new
ways of interacting with a computer. Constellation, User Interface
Access, and Abracadabra plugins were experiments. They were good ideas
and people tried them, but they were buggy and the response was
usually "yeah, it was just an idea". And lets not forget, QS never
came out of beta.
I'm glad to see QS rearchitected and going off in new experimental
directions with the knowledge of QS to build on. I thought it was
happening in the main trunk, but there's been very little development
there in a while. Now we know why, it was really happening in QSB. I'm
a little concerned with Google taking over everything, but I do trust
them with my email, QSB is open source so we can see what it actually
does, and the developers have been open with what gets sent to Google
and there are few options to reduce that if you're concerned.
No, QSB isn't a replacement for QS yet. But we can still use QS in the
same limbo state it's been in for a long time now until QSB can do
more. There are already ways that QSB can do much more than QS did. QS
gives me quick access to the parts of the web I use often. QSB seems
to bring the web into the app itself.
Howard
On Jan 14, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Dorian wrote:
For anyone looking for that post, here's a direct link to that
dicussion. http://groups.google.com/group/qsb-mac-discuss/t/1cf24fc8dde61d69
I must say, I'm alittle disappointed that Alcor is leaving QS to work
on QSB mainly. I don't feel too comfortable using QSB mainly b/c it's
google and fear more of data will be forked over to google. Secondly,
it still isn't a QS replacement. As many people pointed out things are
still missing from QS: proxies, comma trick, etc. I would like some of
this code to used in QS but i doubt it. I really want my QS not be
google powered.
On Jan 14, 12:04 am, ari <[email protected]> wrote:
Nevermind, there's an updated post from Alcor on the QSB forum.
Thanks
ari wrote:
OK, now i'm really confused.
Nothing from Etienne in over a month now, nothing at all from
Alcor on
anything Alchemy or Elements related. Are any of the projects
alive?
I saw the QSB announcement and could only be filled with dread as
all
the great things about QS I have been missing were not to be. I
saw a
few posts from Alcor on those forums but it seems he is
intentionally
keeping his silence regarding the "real" QS (or has been asked to by
Google in order to work on GSB). I am beginning to wonder if
someone
should start collecting donations to hire someone from Elance or
someone else in the community to work on the source of QS that's
been
released thus far just so we can be heading in the general direction
of a refreshed release with all the things people have been asking
for
and hoping for.
QS is still dreadfully unstable for me with almost any release.
Alcor, Etienne, anyone - can we get a brief update as to your
intentions going forward?
