We're a small team working hard on a product we believe in. Ask anything and I'll try and respond if I don't fall asleep!
I want to do Go as one of our early code engines. We'll probably start off using srclib for early Go support and then build up some bigger features around the compiler tools, go fix, and so forth.
We don't have it pegged for a specific release just yet though.
That said, though it's improving, Javascript support still has a long ways to go. I find myself writing increasing amounts of it as Knockout and Angular become standard place. I crave to have some of the features that I have with editing C# while editing javascript.
If you provided that, i'd buy a license. Though my preference would be a plugin (like resharper) as opposed to a whole new editor.
I'd also pay a lot more than $75. I already pay $150 at home, and $300 at work for resharper, i'd pay the same for increased javascript support.
The only thing that has really changed is that Microsoft has re-merged all of the individual Express Editions into one coherent [free] product, and they have enabled things like Visual Studio Extensions.
The biggest "problem" I have with the free versions is lack of Microsoft unit testing. Aside from the differences aren't that great (and I have Visual Studio Ultimate at work, and I still rarely notice the differences).
As to what their USP will be: I would imagine that it works on Mac and Linux. It is cross-platform, so it works on all three of the major OSs unlike Visual Studio (but somewhat like Sublime).
I would love to have a free for education use cross-platform minimalist IDE for C# that I could use for middle school programming classes I teach.
A comparison table would be a useful addition to the website.
Also, a minor thing - what's the typeface in the "PROPORTIONAL FONTS" screenshot?
The font is Input Sans [0]. Great font. We wanted to try and package it with Scrawl but we never heard back from the author. Its free though, go try it out!
[0] - http://input.fontbureau.com/preview/?size=14&language=python...
We've got a Dell Venue 8 with an Atom processor lying around that we're using as a test device to make sure things still run well under CPU constraints.
We haven't looked too close yet at one-directory deployment or running off a USB stick, but I just added a sticky note to our backlog to see if we can do it cleanly.
On another note, why would I use this instead of visual studio?
https://fluentco.de/images/ScrawlThemeableGraphic.png
can't wait to use that one :)
It may be because I'm only able to see the mobile site, but whilst I can see a mention of "themability", I can't see any mention of extensibility via third-party plugins.
Screenshot of the prototype debugging a scriptcs .csx file: http://i.imgur.com/NMK00Jc.png
