Computer advances I'm STILL waiting for...

[Speelgoedmannetje]

mr_a500 wrote:
5. Speech recognition

Whatever happened to that? I'm not saying I want to type a document by saying it, but it might be good for fast OS access like switching windows, running automated tasks or opening programs. Maybe we've already got this, but I haven't seen it.

It's already there. I've seen it working on a normal pc a few years ago. But there were background noises, and the system 'recognised' it as very naughty words.  :oops:

[Speelgoedmannetje]

mr_a500 wrote:

What the heck is a "3D OS"?

You've never heard of this? There have been a bunch of different concepts for 3D in operating systems rather than the flat desktop model. The one I liked was where windows were arranged sort of around a 3D cylinder and when you wanted to switch, the current window would be transparent and you could select from the many windows floating behind it.

That's a GUI (not OS, GUI), written in JAVA, and it was abandoned afaik because it was way too slow.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

mr_a500 wrote:

1. Ultra high res displays and the end of anti-aliasing

It seems these days higher resolution just means bigger displays, but back in 1998 I read an article about IBM prototype displays with 10x the resolution density. Their prototype was 17" but resolution was something like 22,000 x 9,000. This would make anti-aliasing a thing of the past because everything would be as crisp as print on paper. I think they said something about Windows having to support this and that may explain why we'll never have it.

LCD/TFT have pro's wich are very practical in office use and so. Users have little use of ultra high res compared to the benefits of TFT.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Well, I do not use my a500 as my main computer (though it's placed next to it) I wholeheartily agree with you :-).
I just pointed out why it is that way in reality.