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- From: ceerm@cee.hw.ac.uk (Rod MacLean)
- Subject: Re: What I want from new Workbench
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- Organization: Dept of Computing and Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University
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- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:02:14 GMT
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- In article <DnyC0M.8A0.0.-s@cs.vu.nl>,
- irmen@cs.vu.nl (Irmen de Jong) writes:
- >On Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:21:21 GMT Ariel Magnum (arielmag@actcom.co.il) (Ariel Magnum) wrote:
- >: 7. Impliment Datatypes more into the workbench so that programs like deficons
- >: would not be needed.Also this will cut back on executable code.All object
- >: loading should be done via datatypes.Perhaps object saving as well.
- >
- >Would be nice but the filetype recog must be done different. Say put the
- >filetype INTO the icon.
-
- Ahhh, no. If the filetype was somehow held in the fileinfoblock then
- every file could have a filetype, not just ones with icons.
- This is probably one of the things I would *most* like to see.
-
- >My own additional wishes:
- >
- >1. Resource tracking and memory protection.
- >2. Virtual memory support.
-
- I agree, without VM the amiga is a step behind. I should be a real
- official part of the OS and not just a third party add-on. It should be
- down to AT to write something this important.
-
- >3. Networking support. (TCP/IP)
- >4. Better filesystem. (AFS?) (Possibility to mount a device on a directory, like unix?).
-
- Please, not like AFS... I've heard some real horror stories!
-
- >5. Applications should ALL be able to run in WINDOWS not custom screens (selectable).
-
- And vice-versa of course ;)
-
- Rod
-
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- | R.MacLean@hw.ac.uk | Rod told |
- | ceerm@cee.hw.ac.uk | me to skin |
- | ceerm@bonaly.hw.ac.uk | to skin |
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