Re: No more .ibplugins in Xcode 4, so now what...?
Re: No more .ibplugins in Xcode 4, so now what...?
- Subject: Re: No more .ibplugins in Xcode 4, so now what...?
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 14:12:25 -0700
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Mark Munz <email@hidden> wrote:
> Then maybe Xcode 4 wasn't ready for public consumption.
There are a lot of things about Xcode 4 that people consider worthy of
holding it back. Whoever decides the release schedule obviously
disagreed.
> I think some
> of us that believe Apple's previous praise for their new IB3 plugin
> API feel serious burned by that. The fact that there is no replacement
> at hand means that I'll likely waste many more hours undoing IB3
> plugin stuff in my XIB files just so I can build for the future. Yes,
> Xcode 3 offers a solution for now, but it won't be there for future
> development.
>
> All in all, IB changes were a major step backward with this new
> release. It is harder to use, less flexible, completely un-extendable,
> and I've yet to see any real benefit from this change as a developer.
We're starting to head off-topic here. The important thing to do now
is to file bugs against Xcode 4's lack of an IB plugin API. Yes,
complaining is cathartic and might be great exercise for developing an
argument, but even the most well-though argument isn't helpful unless
it's presented to the right people.
--Kyle Sluder
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