On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 18:28, Colburn wrote: > Thousands of patches and kludges later RH8 is functional but well behind > the curve. Anyone know if/when RedHat intends to release a > significantly upgraded version? (I am sick of wasting time trying to > get things to work, or fixing things the updates break.) > > Feature Wish List: > > 1. Integrated xsane with complete feature support for common scanners, > including the Memorex MEM48U.
I didn't know they even made scanners. > > 2. Integrated E-mail client that includes at least the features of > MSIE. (Beonex & Galeon fall short, e.g. neither auto-completes > addresses and neither of the address books function reliably.) Well I'd not be suprised to see that a WEB BROWSER "falls short" of the features of a MAIL CLIENT. Why do you think a web browser should auto-complete email addresses and have an address book? For HTTP addresses, Galeon does do auto-complete. Evolution (and EMAIL CLIENT) does have address books and auto-completion. MSIE is not a mail client either. Maybe try an email client for email. ;) > > 3. Integrated dial-up/modem monitor that accurately displays connect, > data flow, and other information. (None of the apps I have tried work > properly. e.g. the icon shows up but the status lights are unreadable > and the pop-up fails -- so no info.) > > 4. Integrated image and video display apps. Have GIMP and GNOME > running, hacked in MTV for MPEGS, but nothing working for AVI, etc. > Quite frankly it seems absurd to have to chase down all of this stuff > for a product I bought (yes, I bought it) that was represented as a > complete M$ Windows alternative. Not really, an *alternative* is not a *clone*. > > 5. There is more but I have either hacked-in apps, learned to expect a > lesser product for the sake of not using M$, or given up expecting > certain things to work for the same reason. (Oh, StarOffice 6.0, paid > for that as well, still doesn't integrate properly -- not sure if I > should blame Sun or RedHat but sure know I should not have to spend > hours getting two commercial Linux products to talk to each other! What do you mean when you claim that SO doesn't "talk" to Linux and vica-versa? What do you mean by "integrate"? it opens files, it writes and reads them, it saves them, it prints them, it can be in the menu, you can have it be the default open action when using Nautilus, etc.. -- Bill Anderson RHCE #807302597505773 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
