In his post 'This, and *only* this, can make Leo more popular<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/leo-editor/hl1ulaq7Bcg>' Edward is asking how to make Leo more popular.
Well, after a couple of years I decided today to give Leo another try. I was working on a Django project (with a couple of folders and files). My first impression: Leo is too hard to work with! Even seemingly simple things are way to complicated to figure out. Just two examples: First: The default font size is too small (this has been discussed elsewhere in this forum). No problem??? Just change some settings? But where? leoSettings.leo? myLeoSettings.leo? And then search for a font size in larger block of code? Without reading the documentation quite hopeless. It just takes too much time. Second: I wanted to import a Django project structure into Leo. Leo has a File|Import command that works well - but only with files. Now, a project folders/files structure is a perfect example for hierarchically arranged things, and thus it should be easy to import such a structure into Leo. I would expect the Import command to do this. But I had do research just to find out, that there are some obscure plugins or scripts that do the job. Don't get wrong. IMHO Leo is a brilliant tool, but apart from the rather steep learning curve its usability is wanting. Alan Kay has said: "*Simple things* should be *simple*, complex things should be possible." Leo shines when it comes to the second half of this sentence. What I want to say: People that are willing to try out some new tool, don't want to wade through documentation in order to accomplish simple task. I you want to break out the narrow group of developers who like such things, finding out common tasks like changing settings, importing files and file structures etc. shouldn't eat up all the time people are willing to invest in trying out a new product. There are just too many competing tools on the market... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
