Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 14:15:19 -0500 (EST)
From: "..Nissim.." <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>
To: OpenDOS <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
In-Reply-To: <199703221800.TAA29863@magigimmix.xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970322141035.1359A-100000@binx.mbhs.edu>
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On Sat, 22 Mar 1997, yeep wrote:

> > > >If the interface (GUI) is customizable enough, we could even (easily) 
> > > >win over the W95/W97 users! As if that would be difficult <g>
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, it would be difficult.  In my experience, people who use
> > > Win95 either don't know enough to use a better system or are hard-core
> MS
[snip]
> 
> We should devise something similair to the Win95 GUI (which _is_ easy to
> learn), but we should make the system MUCH MUCH better!
Why not make some generic API functions for controlling the screen, and
load them from the dynamic-load-modules..so if you wanted it to look like
Win95, you could tell it to load 'WIN95.DLM' or look like Mac with
'MAC.DLM'...kinda like those DRVs that make win31 look like NeXT

> Then we should document everything (no undocumented shit!!) and we should
> set up tutorials so easy, that even my mother will be able to learn to use
> OD faster than W95.
A good idea would be use a hypertext format like INFO but modify it to
allow the use of images/sound..or jsut HTML and compress it to save HD
space, and have help de-compress as needed

*my* 2 cents worth..

...Nissim...
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