<div>Yes I noticed that you've done a huge amount of work. I asked about the IDE because that is how I conceptualize the object model. Once I understand that hopefully all the rest of it will come together for me.</div> <div> </div> <div>One thing that Apple insists on when defining the user experience for a new application is to come up with a clear statement of purpose. Not only what it is its intended user base (casual, professional, etc.), but also what it is explicitly not intended for. What *can't* Lively do?.</div> <div> </div> <div>I've seen a couple of posts from Dan on his vision for Lively, but I still wonder, is it an educational environment, or is it something people can use to build commercial quality client-server applications?</div> <div> </div> <div>Smalltalk evolved in rather unexpected ways I think. I don't think I'm looking for Lively on Rails, but I am interested in applications that appeal to mainstream development needs.</div> <div> </div> <div>Steve<br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Philip Weaver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philmaker@gmail.com">philmaker@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Emailing from phone. Back online in a day or so. Existing mockups<br>cover more than ide. They are maybe 10% complete and mainly for<br> inspiration. An overview at this point and existing ide mockups are<br>not necessarily accurate. Want to explore things like: zoom to morph,<br>zoom to selection, morph navigation via the main column browser,<br>multiple selection in a column stacks views in the next column,<br> contextual menu as a single column column browser maybe for zoom to<br>morph. Existing mockups need more simplification and some other<br>solutions.<br></blockquote></div><br>