My biggest concern with Xojo is how much attention they put on changing the language, changing the control names (and event name), changing the language reference, all the while the capabilities of the product have continued to fall behind, bugs that affect the enthusiast users have lingered on and on.
I get that a large number of Xojo users are not looking to publish highly polished platform specific applications, and those that are; are expensive to retain as they want/need features, fixes which take considerable time to implement. This is not just limited to Xojo, I see a great number of companies also treat their enthusiast customers this way, I guess on a spreadsheet it makes sense.
I think we’re witnessing a brain drain, as the enthusiasts leave in anger and frustration, they no longer contribute to the product via feedback or assistance in the forums. Leaving the inexperienced hanging, and without pressure for the company to actually do better, they don’t, the bar never raises on it’s capabilities. The inexperienced then become frustrated and angry as they reach the limits of the tool, run into the same unresolved issues and semi-simple questions can’t be answered.
While resorting to Google, shows how it can be done in other tools.
That’s my fear for Xojo going forwards. I honestly hope that Xojo has a long term plan to retain talent, because IMHO without it, they’re going to struggle and may not survive. I have friends in Apple who feel this exact same way about Apple at the moment.