clarification on command blocks in v0.8 #1084
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Converting to a discussion. Sorry for the confusion about v0.7 vs v0.8, I understand your frustration. The redesign was not something we took lightly and I too am bummed about having to drop some of the features we had in the old UI. I’m optimistic that we will be able to bring a lot of the features from the old app back to the new one in a way that won’t be as disruptive to people’s existing workflows. Workspaces will be making a return in v0.9 and we’re planning to bring back restartable single command blocks very soon. The block-style command history will take longer, unfortunately, as our underlying architecture is very different, but we’ve started brainstorming how to bring it back We have rereleased the old app as WaveLegacy, which you can download here: https://www.waveterm.dev/download-legacy |
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I see, thanks for responding. Guess I'll have to stay on legacy or move on to something else if you take a different direction after all... It's unfortunate, as the feature has been a game changer for me. For example, for the last 2 weeks I had to build many giant projects I haven't worked with before, and then execute multiple other tools on build results. All of this included many long commands I would normally have to copy&paste, take notes, try to look them up again in large piles of output etc. A process I despise deeply. Meanwhile with this new workflow, I have to figure it out once, remove what isn't working and then it's forever there. I can just execute it again, without ever asking myself "what was that 3rd param of that tool?". I'd be willing to pay a subscription for this on my own if my company refused to buy it for me. Hell, I would even buy Warp if they had a policy my company would be ok with. |
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I came to wave for these blocks and was greeted with 0.8.13 and thought something was wrong and had to try work out what has changed. It is a shame, I really liked what I saw of the old design on a lengthy youtube video on the wave channel that seems to be for version 0.5.3 |
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The legacy Wave still exists and the source code can be found in the |
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Thanks, fingers crossed! Where can I read more about the new vision for the project? I assume the goal now is even heavier focus on AI features? |
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There's certainly AI features we're working on but it's not our only focus. We're meeting up in person this week for GitHub Universe so hopefully will have more to share after! |
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I'm finally switching back to Warp. I had switched to Wave Legacy for a while because it felt more polished. I do miss the blocks, but the new UI feels off in general. For example, the panel animation uses linear easing instead of a more natural function. I don't think switching to web technology is inherently bad, but it's hard to love compared to the unmaintained legacy app. I appreciate that it's a passion project and that it must have been a difficult decision. I'm just sharing my feedback after going back and forth for a few months. |
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not only that... this is now just a terminal inside electron wrapper. so bad... sadly uninstalled it :( Hope 0.9 bring them back but to be honest I don't like the direction this is taking. I don't need a file manager, a web browser or a "sysinfo" panel... there are better tools for that. this is kinda non-sense tbh |
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I also downloaded Wave because of an older YT video highlighting the block based command feature but was disappointed to find the feature (still) missing from 0.11. Has a decision been made to bring it back or not? |
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I also think the input output blocks were the killer feature of this terminal, any updates on bringing it back? |
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Spent the morning under the assumption that I'm switching to Wave based on an outdated Youtube video. I immediately saw that there were no blocks, but made the bad assumption that there was some config I'd need to set, and intended to go figure that out later since there's no Settings UI (!). When I finally got around to it, I discovered that blocks are just gone, and this discussion. I'm very disappointed. Probably back to Warp I go. |
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Current Behavior
It looks like blocks for each executed command, imho one of the defining features of Wave, is gone after 8.X. Looks like terminal windows are still called "blocks", but they really seem to be just windows. You can't relaunch them, they aren't created automatically with each command, you don't get info about execution etc.
Is this intended? If so, are there any plans to bring them back, or are they gone forever?
Without this, it's pretty much like any other terminal emulator out there :/
Expected Behavior
An update of what it was like at 7.6 or before, not removal
Steps To Reproduce
Wave Version
0.8.12
OS
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Architecture
None
Anything else?
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