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| tacodrake95 | IdeasI am rethinking the architecture of Cyclops and i would like some input please. First off, i was wondering if anyone knows where to find a list of application types that are considered "essential" in a GUI system. I had a much further progressed version of Cyclops ready to upload, but due to the unfortunate circumstances of a harddrive crash, was unable to upload them in time. I am trying ti figure out what this gui needs. Also, i am working on a multi windowed system. | 2011-10-03 | 2:56 PM |
| Brandon | Re:IdeasWell, the two most important (and unappreciated applications) are the file manager and text editor. | 2011-10-03 | 2:59 PM |
| tacodrake95 | Re:IdeasI had a file manager in the process of being made and it got lost with the newest version of cyclops. I found some restoration software online, and got it back, but forgot to save it and accidentally wiped it out again. As for the text editor, i have to write a routine for multi line text bixes with mouse controlled cursor placement and it will be easy to make. | 2011-10-03 | 3:55 PM |
| pharoah | Re:IdeasThere was a little poll a (long) while ago about this on the blog archive. I guess not many people know about the archive, but it's a good community resource because a lot of issues were discussed there back in the day. I seem to remember a list of essential GUI apps somewhere as well, but I can't think where that is. In general, Brandon's correct in that you need a file manager and text editor to be useful at all. I'd like to see a nice command line shell and an image viewer/editor (if you can't make a decent paint program, a viewer would be better than a bad one).
Maybe one of these days it would be nice to go through a bunch of GUIs and make a big table about which apps they have. Could be interesting. | 2011-10-05 | 11:10 AM |
| ksr | Re:IdeasI always found the guidebook gallery as a useful source of inspiration. A calculator (with keyboard entry!) is another good app to have. | 2011-10-08 | 6:30 PM |
| ksr | Re:Ideasalso, thanks pharaoh for that trip to the past :P | 2011-10-08 | 6:35 PM |
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