Re: [ui-best-practices-working-group] Blog Comments

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>  At this point, the issues users are facing have much more to do with the language plug-ins than they do
> with the Platform.

I completely agree but IMHO the platform work is still very important.
The way I see it, if we in platform (and I tend to think of platform
as the "Eclipse top-level project including JDT and PDE) do a good
job, we make it easier for the others to make a good job.

Best regards, Lars

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey gang,
>
> In case you missed it on the Planet, I blogged about the discussions we’ve
> been having. Comments are starting to come in from Eclipse users. It’s a
> great place to connect with them.
>
> https://cdtdoug.ca/2016/09/17/pushing-the-eclipse-ide-forward/
>
> The one from @jillesvangurp is interesting. He isn’t noticing much the
> differences between releases despite all the great effort of the Platform UI
> team. I think it highlights something I think we all need to realize. At
> this point, the issues users are facing have much more to do with the
> language plug-ins than they do with the Platform. Java content assist comes
> from JDT, Android tooling comes from Andmore, C++ tooling comes from CDT,
> etc. My sense is that these projects need a lot more love if we really want
> to make a difference for users.
>
> Doug
>
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