FoldingText for Atom text editor

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 28, 2015 at 10:30 PM

Caution: Rant Alert!

Let me start this small rant with this: Jesse Grosjean of Hogbay Software is entitled to run his business anyway he wants. HOWEVER, as someone who has purchased FoldingText and TaskPaper (as well as the iOS version of TaskPaper), that is, as a customer, I am very frustrated with his priorities. He dropped the iOS apps 15 months ago saying he was going to focus his efforts on TaskPaper, WriteRoom and FoldingText. TaskPaper and WriteRoom have not been updated in three years. FoldingText did get an update a year ago, but since then nothing, and it is not like the software is without flaws. It’s nice if he wants to make FT work with Atom, but 90% of the people who’ve bought FT do not use Atom and never will. It seems he is focusing his development efforts to benefit an ever narrower customer base, and forsaking those who have supported him with their dollars up to now. Personally, I find this in extremely bad faith, and will think long and hard before ever buying another app from him.

Okay, that’s the end of the rant.

Steve Z.