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- From: kcci1@central.susx.ac.uk (Alan L.M. Buxey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What I want from new Workbench
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- Date: 20 Mar 1996 16:37:37 GMT
- Organization: Institute Of Studies For Advanced Amiga Usage
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- Ariel Magnum posted the following:
-
- : but with this lame OS which needs so much patching to make it usable by
- : todays standarts.Therefor I have compiled a wishlist of OS4 (3.2?) features :
-
- demands, demands, demands...Amiga users never seem to be satisfied! ;)
-
- : 1. Workbench Multithreaded - now im not sure everyone knows what that means
- : but adding child tasks to open window so that we may engage wb while opening
- : a drawer , letting it close after launching a program and not making the
- : menu stop wb isnt really too much to ask is it?
-
- - agreed.
-
- : 2. Workbench Arexx port - For playing sounds (UDP,MSD), managing Commdities,
- : launching programs , and managing public screens.
-
- hmmm....okay.
-
- : 3. Ability to edit menu without a hack that destoyes many others (toolsdeamon)
-
- ;)
-
- : 4. NewIcons patch to be implimented.
-
- no! I use MWB.... i dont want ANY future Amiga to FORCE a icon
- interface/colour scheme onto us - just keep the standard one and allow
- an easier replacement program.
-
- : 5. Make Wb open on a RTG public screen.
-
- doesnt CyberGfx do this already?
-
- : 6. Impliment Font densetive gui routines preferably MUI.I know its painfully
- : slow at times but perhaps written in assembler and using RTG will become
- : faster.A tottaly configurable GUI engine could push the Amiga far ahead
- : of its competitiors.I must say that most gadgtools guis look very bad
- : best examples are the preferences programs.
-
- you can already have such routines......its better this way.
-
- : 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.
-
- ???? slow the machine right down on apps......make it more like a Mac -
- you NEED the datatype or you can do anything...no way! this is NOT the
- way to go.
-
- : 8. Making mutitasking a bit smarter - Settaskpre is definetly not idiot
- : proof.
-
- ????? the multitasking is done absolutely correctly....how should the
- machine know what to do with tasks otherwise?
-
- : 9. Compiling the ROMs to varius CPU's.
-
- yeah, right! So, when I upgrade to 060, i have to dump my ROMs and get a
- NEW set of ROMs AS WELL AS the new CPU?!!? If the new machines come with
- at least 030, then we can hope that the > 3.2 will be 030 and above only
- anywat ;)
-
- : 10. Text And image clipping from all windows.
-
- :)
-
- : 11. A format command that works (how lame!)
-
- what? You dont know how to use the format command?
-
- : 12. Improve locale so that catclogs wont need to be compiled.
-
- I agree that improvents would be nice, but no other machine has such a
- great system anyway! ;-)
-
- : 13. providing CyberGfx with WB with support for AGA and fast(!) chunky to
- : planaar conversion.
-
- ????? No good, AGA is too slow for this kind of work anyway....leave
- CyberGfx for nice 64-bit gfx cards.
-
- : 14. Distribute Java with the OS , along with Arexx.
-
- ;)
-
- alan
-
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