[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > wrote: > >>- adding anything useful which won't prevent distribution package to fit >>on single floppy like now > > > Hmm, > I wrote a tool after a request by some "common people" a while ago > called filofax.apm (Diary, notebook, and addressbook) ,is that > what you mean by "useful" ? If so, it would be fun to include it...
How big it is ? Maybe we can stuff it into basic distribution... > That is exactly what i want. > And here is my dream for the future... > > Some suggestions i have been thinking of for several years... > What about a startbutton? that folds itself up'n'down instead of the static toolbar. I can't imagine what you mean. Like in Windows ? > A nice looking graphical NC-clone that will show itself on top of arachne. I was thinking about swithcing layers between "browser" and "nc"... > a standardset of graphical windows, like filerequesters, menus and alertboxes, Hmm, nc-clone would be filerequester itself... but sometimes, some simple file select menu helps... of course. > for batchfiles that will pop up on top of arachne. making it look as if > they were an integrated part of arachne. > - this will need a mime.cfg flag to tell arachne not to clear screen but > instead to shadow itself(black dots?), and to redraw screen when returning. > Also, good documentation on all the files (like arachne.pck) that is used. This would require plugins to produce graphical output... > -This would help people like me to write programs that expands the functionality of >arachne. > Maybe even put together libraries for popular compilers like TASM/MASM,) with >predefined > widgets, for use in programs that should be integrated and have the arachne >look'n'feel. > (like cdplayers, calculators or even small games like "w95-solitaire" ) > And finally, make a cleanup in the use of external protocols, to make it possible > to use a homemade downloader as smooth as if it was integrated. > ( Like HTTPS:// ,Zmodem:// ,or something else... ) This would be another Windows 3.1 ;-) I am not so DOS oriented. I expect Arachne to be single-task in DOS, and to run in multiple windows/multiple consoles on other OSes. This is not problem. Maybe we can have some kind of MDI, but it would be probably too much to aim for complete GUI.... Norton or Midnight commander are not GUI for programs you launch from them -but you use Norton or Midnight all the time... > I have seen and tried a lot of desktop enviroments for dos, like seal and similar, > and i didnt like them at all, Not even the one mentioned earlier on this mailinglist. > So an another idea that i have been thinking on for a long time is a desktop. > that is fast to load and easy to use ,separated from arachnes slow html rendering. Hmm, Arachne's HTML rendering is not that slow (although it should be faster...), and I wanted to build desktop around HTML, to be true.... > ( Prefereably a special desktop module that utilizes arachne-files ) > It would be very useful, especially for people without computer experience > (Like most ppl i know). Also, some alternative ikon setups would be nice =) > (I was thinking of amigas magicwb and glowicons, which are prettier.but some > people may prefer ikons that look like windows instead) Hmm, I am talking rather about integration of file manager with browser, not about desktop. File manager is something one really needs, and often , sending e-mails and downloading files from web is closely related to installing programs, unzipping archives, viewing different file types, etc. > Most of this stuff could be written by John Doe and his friends, after the >documentation of > arachne.pck, cache.idx and similar has been made, and some new options in mime.cfg >has been added. Hmm... -- Michael "xChaos" Polak +420 603 872631 / +420 2 33355668 / ICQ# 40434104 http://www.arachne.cz (Arachne Labs homepage) http://www.mp3records.cz (100% legal and free music) http://www.legalizace.cz (Stop drug war & release victims !) http://www.vojna.cz (Petice za zruseni vojny i civilni sluzby)
