On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:07:58 +0300, Rainer Stratmann via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
> At the Lazarus Congress in Cologne in October 2024, it ended up being > very > interesting. An important question came up. > > Why are no new users coming to Lazarus/Freepascal? > Why do we find it so difficult? > How can we get new, younger users to come to us? > > The same questions came up over a year ago at a Freepascal/Lazarus > meeting in > Backnang. > > I have some answers: > > - The official Freepascal website doesn't look like the project is very > lively. The official Freepascal website look just fine. > - Lazarus looks very complicated with its many windows. And it is also > relatively complicated to understand and use. There are too many options > that > are too nested. Lazarus does not look complicated. It has it own distinctive look & feel. User should be able to completely detach windows from from main so it would be possible to move them to different monitor, virtual desktop & freely move on monitor. Freepascal will never become popular in a world where JavaScript is everywhere, Delphi exists & Pascal has a reputation of not cool programming language. -- Using Opera's mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ______________________________ Спецрахунок НБУ для гуманітарної допомоги українцям https://bank.gov.ua/ua/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-rahunok-dlya-gumanitarnoyi-dopomogi-ukrayintsyam-postrajdalim-vid-rosiyskoyi-agresiyi _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
