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- From: M_Andree@tribal.line.org (Matthias Andree)
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- Subject: Re: What I want from new Workbench
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 20:26:45 +0100
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- arielmag@actcom.co.il (Ariel Magnum) wrote:
-
- > Hello there all Amigans !
- > Just spent hours trying to debug several comodities to work together
- > and i ended up with nothing!Thsese programs used by most of us are written
- > in such system unfriendly manner that just made me wanna jump platform!
- > But after thinking a moment (or two) i found out that the blane is not
- > with the programmers that release software that make all our lives easier
- > 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 :
-
- The next one is supposed to be named 3.2.
-
- > 3. Ability to edit menu without a hack that destoyes many others (toolsdeamon)
-
- A Patch server replacing SetFunction would be great. I do not know if
- this is
-
- > 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.
-
- Not MUI, please. But it could become MUI as it is somewhat established.
-
- > 8. Making mutitasking a bit smarter - Settaskpre is definetly not idiot
- > proof.
-
- Maybe a task scheduler such as Executive could come handy.
-
- > 9. Compiling the ROMs to varius CPU's.
-
- No need. A 68020 version should do. Maybe external FPU patches for 68882
- or 68040.
-
- > 10. Text And image clipping from all windows.
- > 11. A format command that works (how lame!)
-
- What's your problem? Mine's working as supposed to.
-
- > 12. Improve locale so that catclogs wont need to be compiled.
-
- So that every lamer can hack them? No... that makes no sense.
-
- C U
-
- --
- MATTHIAS ANDREE
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