Blaine Buxton riffs on what Smalltalk needs to do, and he's mostly on the ball:

Now, that being said, I think a better looking Squeak, VisualWorks, and VisualAge is a must. I think they should all look at Dolphin. Dolphin is everything a modern Smalltalk should be. It's gorgeous. The key bindings are consistent, tools are easy to understand, and it's a pleasure to work with. They are also constantly adding new tools to help productivity (IdeaSpace) as well. In fact, I usually show developers Dolphin first to get them interested.

He makes a lot of other good points as well. The thing is, Blaine's right - and we are working on many of the things he brings up. One of the things I'm committed to is "no 10 year plans". We'll be making continuous improvements in the product, and not deferring things off into the hazy future - because our customers need progress now, not later.

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