> Aspects of Github could be modularised and added to the editor while still keeping the underlying tool simple and this could change our user experience for the better.
This is essentially what we've done with some Rational tools (such as Team Concert) using by defining a set of loose-coupled RESTful capabilities for tool-based integrated, called OSLC http://open-services.net It has the nice quality, if adopted, as being able to link to you own issue tracker hosted elsewhere (bugzilla, jira, etc), CI, end-user need management, etc.
Atom has some limitations, I could see where OSLC and ActivityStreams would be a bit more interesting.
This is essentially what we've done with some Rational tools (such as Team Concert) using by defining a set of loose-coupled RESTful capabilities for tool-based integrated, called OSLC http://open-services.net It has the nice quality, if adopted, as being able to link to you own issue tracker hosted elsewhere (bugzilla, jira, etc), CI, end-user need management, etc.
Atom has some limitations, I could see where OSLC and ActivityStreams would be a bit more interesting.