Re: my wish list for Mathematica next major version
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- Subject: [mg59948] Re: [mg59901] my wish list for Mathematica next major version
- From: János <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:53:38 -0400 (EDT)
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On Aug 25, 2005, at 6:33 AM, Nasser Abbasi wrote: > > Hello; > > I thought I'll share some of the things I wish Mathematica could have, > may be someone from Wolfram company will listen. > > 1. A real, good, easy to use, GUI based debugger. With break points, > line numbers, full source code tracing, stack frame display (call > history), step/in/out, etc.. This is for me the most important item to > have. Debugging Mathematica code can be a pain due to lack of a good > debugger. > > 2. Ability to build graphics user interfaces, to allow one to make it > easier to interface to their Mathematica applications. This should > have a wizard type graphic interface builder to make it easy and fast > to build UI's. With callbacks. > > 3. To be able to compile Mathematica applications to a standalone > executables, that can run on any PC without having to install > Mathematica on that PC to run the app. (nice to have, but not > critical). > > 4. A package manager. GUI based. Easy to use. To allow one to easily > add and remove packages, manage packages, etc... > > 5. Improve the graphics to allow one to much easily manipulate the > plots with the mouse, rotate, zoom, modify the plot attributes etc... > Currently plots are static, even though Mathematica plots are the best > I've seen. RealTime3D just does not do it. > > 6. Better information to the public about version numbers, release > dates and products time-lines for all the Mathematica products. I have > few Mathematica applications, which I have to struggle to find what > version numbers they are, when will there be an update made available, > many have not had any update for 2-3 years, not even a minor update. I > have no idea how something like this is possible. Last time I asked on > this, which was a year ago, I was told the specific app in question > was in active development internally, yet, one year later, no more > news and no updates. > > If some of these apps are no longer active, 7. Non-active apps on active OSs should be free. Like Sybase does with its 11.9 line of ASE on Linux. That would give Wolfram a much wider base. No apps should be sold which are on a discontinued OS like NKS Explorer on Mac OS 9. /Mac OS 9 and Classic are NOT the same OS :)/ János > please tell us and make it > clear. There should be a web page listing all the products, with > version numbers, release dats, anticipated next version release date, > etc.. Please communicate more and better with your customers. > > If I think of anything more, I'll post them. > > Thank you for listening. Any hope of getting any of the above soon? :) > > Nasser > > ---------------------------------------------- Trying to argue with a politician is like lifting up the head of a corpse. (S. Lem: His Master Voice)
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- my wish list for Mathematica next major version