The Road Map as it now is . . . . .

[Richmond]

"If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that is best.
Get your kicks on Route sixty-six."

Well, personally, I am currently getting my kicks here:

http://livecode.com/community/roadmap/

Or:

Took the Revvy to the Levvy,
But the Levvy was dry,
Singin'

"Why, Why, Kevin, Why?"

But, I digress . . .

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A few questions:

1. What is an 'evaluator' ?

2. The "Full IDE Prototype" sounds sexy . . . but . . .

2.1. Can we have a pictorial mockup, Please?

2.2. If it is anything like "that picture" that appeared earlier, would 
there
be an option to retain the current IDE [what I really mean is 'GUI'] ?

2.3. "A single windowed IDE" while being all the rage in Visual Basic 
and Xojo
  [the IDE formally known as Prince] land it may not be what Livecoders 
either need
or want: so, how about either:

2.3.1. Several optional front-ends?

or

2.3.2. A questionnaire sent to all current downloaders and/or programmers
cunningly illustrated with mockup pictures so that a sounding can be taken?

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[Sorry, Richard Gaskin, for spoiling your weekend]

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Why I am "not very keen on "a single windowed IDE":

I often find myself designing stacks that are full-screen.

I cope with this by having the revMenubar and toolBar stacks on a 
different virtual desktop

[Mac and Linux . . . Oh, while I'm on the topic; does anyone know of a 
way to implement
multiple desktops on Windows XP, 7 and 8 ?]

And, normally the Application Browser on a third desktop.

I assume (????) that would not be possible with a single window IDE.

I hate having to develop where the WYSIWYG stack needs to be scrolled to 
see all of it.

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In 2000 I did a whole slew of development using Toolbook [Windows 1998], 
and apart from the
fact that I intensely disliked the Windows 95/98 interface, was at least 
pleased to see that
Toolbook did not have a single windowed IDE: especially because I was 
developing CALL software
that had to be full screen and had no access to a larger monitor and/or 
screen-res than those
for which I was developing.

I see that Toolbook now appears to use a single windowed IDE: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToolBook#mediaviewer/File:ToolBook_115_UI.png

I would hate to think that the reason why RunRev is moving towards a 
single windowed
is, sheeplike, because everybody else does that.

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Richmond.