Further development is halted, it is now a dead project. And that really is a shame. Though openMSX does a really good, or even fantastic, job, it can't keep up with the very user friendly interface of Blue. It is one of the finest emu's I've had the pleasure to use.
I would say that for most players, blueMSX, even without updates since 10 years, remains the best option. The case of the developers is different, I notice that many of them use both blueMSX and openMSX, so it means these emulators are complementary of each other.
I'm one of those people who regret BlueMSX. It's no more the best option since two or three years except on PCs less powerful. OpenMSX is more solid in emulation. I'm still using BlueMSX mainly for debug because its frendly interface despite its many shortcomings compared to OpenMSX.
CocoaMSX was off to a good start, but development stopped too soon (probably because of the CPU change of Macs). It's a unfinished light version of blueMSX.
I don't expect a new version of the emulator in the future. The main developer is too busy with his professional activities, and I've slowly evolved to other activities, including javascript, what changes me from BASIC with line numbers!
The case of the developers is different, I notice that many of them use both blueMSX and openMSX, so it means these emulators are complementary of each other.
Right. For me, for example, the openMSX interface is far and away superior to the blueMSX interface because openMSX has a full programming language embedded into the console and you can have other programs connect to the console from outside the emulator. For me, having everything available programmatically is much more important than nice menus. And to be honest, even now that openMSX has better menus in it with recent versions, I still tend just to type stuff in at the console.
the openMSX interface is far and away superior to the blueMSX interface because openMSX has a full programming language embedded into the console and you can have other programs connect to the console from outside the emulator
You are mixing "features" with "interface". OpenMSX may have the best set of features, but they are mostly hidden under a rough interface (poor discoverability).
To be honest, the interface is the biggest drawback of OpenMSX.
