Hi,
I have to say that I dont like the idea of these, I love OS3.9, it has everything I need, a PPC native OS3.9 would be my dream. :-)
1) a new unified driver model that supports 64bit and 128 bit OS..
Why? The current system works so well and 64bit drivers would work just fine on a 64bit CPU system, no new driver model is needed.. IMHO
2) Amiga Update online (like Windows Update) keep up to date with stuff..
The Amiga's OS doesnt get enough updates to make use of that and driver updates dont come out that often either.. how often have you needed to upgrade a driver? Now one to check for program updates, maybe, although definatly not the way Microsoft Update works. (Security hole, I have the post from ann.lu that gives you the link to delete specific files or all files from a harddrive using Windows update)
A 3rd party program, maybe, for game updates and things, but not part of the OS.
3) Better 3D support (not just openGL) but a 3d UI and up-to-date 3d cards..
Warp3D, As for adding new graphics cards, well thats a massive job, being a small platform you are going to fing that you cant just buy a PC graphics card and expect it to work.. as for an update, I dont know if it needs one, I havent got my 3D card to work yet. (I really should try sometime)
4) driver roll back model (one touch rollback) and system rollback.
It took a bit of time for me to just find out what driver/system rollback was. (for anyone else like me heres a quote from a "why to buy WinXP" website: you can escape trouble by rolling back your PC to a date or time before the problem occurred. Say you downloaded a defective software program, or you installed a faulty appliance and caused your system to crash.)
Ermm.. I guess I just like a basic OS because I would rather use something like Snoopdos to track down and fix the problem and not some sort of undo button which doesnt actually fix the problem.
5) Software add remove from prefs.. A unified place to uninstall software
Noooooooooo :-o
I love the way the Amiga installs software, everything to one folder, when you want to delete it you delete the folder and everything goes, now a program should be tidy as lots install libraries and fonts all over the darn place which I dont like, if its needed simply put an assign in the user-startup and if you delete the folder you just need to delete the bit from the user-startup, it couldnt be any easier.
Putting a program in to remove software will cause people to stick files all over the computer without any care of what happens if you rename a drawer or move the folder.
Things I am worried about with new versions of Workbench include:
Speed. why cant the OS be held on ROM? I love the Amiga there if you want to play a game without loading the full OS you can, I know that doesnt really apply to much with the different graphics and sound cards you can buy but maybe a Flash and a small program could get us back to the good old days?
Adding things you just dont need: I love the fact that Workbench is so simple, adding loads of things will make it more complicated, if they were extra's that as standard were not installed then thats great, some people love great looking screens, some dont, Im the latter. I know you can turn them off but can they be deleted?
Autoconfig: I know everyone wants PCI now but wouldnt it be good if Autoconfig could be added to the PCI standard? (Only on Amiga's, Im not saying we should redefine the international PCI standard or anything) Then if you had a PCI card made for the Amiga it would be all set up and done with, if you use PC or Mac PCI cards you stick the driver in the expansion drawer. (Do PCI SCSI cards have a ROM on them like ISA SCSI cards do?)
Standards: I would like the idea to just say you need to have this type of mouse (Say.. PS2 three button wheel mouse) and this type of DVD drive (set speed or better) and things like that, so the basics (mouse, DVD, etc) can work from the start and no visiable drivers have to be altered unless you want to use a none standard device, DVD speed and things like that will also help with programming.
As for the looks, well as long as it looks and acts like Workbench 3.1/3.9 I will be happy.
In the end I guess its just what you want from an OS, everyone has there own dream OS, mine just happens to be OS3.9. :-D
