> Because nothing is stopping them from writing something they like better, except off course skill, attitude and discipline. Thankfully they are able to contribute something much more valuable: opinions.
If people don't want feedback, then they shouldn't post on HN. HN is a place where plenty of people provide opinions whether others like it or not. If that's not something people want, then they shouldn't be here.
As for making something better. Better solutions already exist. Terminal emulators are an already solved problem. What terminal emulator problem will be solved that hasn't already been solved by urxvt, KiTTY, Serial, or any of the other Electron based terminals like Magnesium or Hyper?
That's not to say people shouldn't try as there are many reasons to do so. To suggest that opinions are somehow less valuable than yet another implementation of a terminal emulator written in a bloated framework based on a language that was designed in 11 days just to animate web page elements - and that people should reinvent the wheel or shut up... well that's just like, your opinion, man.
>What terminal emulator problem will be solved that hasn't already been solved by urxvt, KiTTY, Serial, or any of the other Electron based terminals like Magnesium or Hyper?
Well if you clicked the link, you would see a number of original features, including html output support. And i don't think it's fair to say that modern javascript is the same language as the one Brandon Eich designed in 11 days.
But if you think that constitutes 'feedback' -- that wouldn't be my definition.
>If people don't want feedback, then they shouldn't post on HN.
Which is what i generally suggest people do -- not because they don't want feedback, but because most people would simply lose motivation when the majority of people react to the glimmer of the word 'electron' and don't bother to click the link or check out the features.
And you can replace 'electron' with anything really. If somebody writes something in Java, there is a good chance some people will react saying that the JVM is evil or how Java is a horrible enterprise language. If somebody writes something in PHP, they'll get the PHP is a horrible language. If somebody writes something in C, they'll get a 'C is too insecure'. If somebody writes an OS-X app or a Windows app, they'll get feedback about how they picked the wrong OS.
It's feedback in the same way that fat shaming a classical pianist would be feedback. If the same 'feedback' can apply to millions of projects without alteration or requiring any effort to establish whether it's applicable -- that is not feedback, that is just taking the piss on something.
If people don't want feedback, then they shouldn't post on HN. HN is a place where plenty of people provide opinions whether others like it or not. If that's not something people want, then they shouldn't be here.
As for making something better. Better solutions already exist. Terminal emulators are an already solved problem. What terminal emulator problem will be solved that hasn't already been solved by urxvt, KiTTY, Serial, or any of the other Electron based terminals like Magnesium or Hyper?
That's not to say people shouldn't try as there are many reasons to do so. To suggest that opinions are somehow less valuable than yet another implementation of a terminal emulator written in a bloated framework based on a language that was designed in 11 days just to animate web page elements - and that people should reinvent the wheel or shut up... well that's just like, your opinion, man.