I thought it would be a good idea for a suggestions thread...
Anyways, I think that DCS should have a startup screen that ind of fades out, then you get taken to the desktop. Then get rid of the DCS5.0 etc that appears after exiting...
Sounds good. I can do that quite easily. In fact, DSC6 is gonna have some kind of statrup screen because it will need to establish network and hardware stuff, so I can make it:
1. turn the contrast all the way down
2. put up the logo
3. bring it up to the previous level
4. Conenct and detect
5. fade down to 0, erase
6. reset contrast setting
Sounds good.
I just thought it kinda looked... bland... just goin into the desktop the way it does...
Yup yup. Lemme go make the image.
sounds good, can't wait to see it. I wonder what else could be added
I like it.
KermMartian wrote:
That's a very windows-esque *gasp* loading bar!
Well, I just put that in for looks. No guarantee it will be in the final edition.
If you are going to include grayscale perhaps you could do something like when you select a folder or program (assuming you will include double click) it could darken. How about a clock in the corner for the 84+'s?
how about gs backgrounds..and multiple users?
Multiple users??? Who actually shares their calculator enough to make that important!
One login: maybe
Multi: no
Add support for USB drives/mice/keyboards, via silverlink and regular USB
Don't forget TICI 2.0
For BASIC progs running in DCS, wwhy don't you insert an interupt that blocks the {ON] and spits out the value 101 to a variable. This could win alot of people over I believe, and making the need for your OS manditory, MOS, you don't need it to run progs but it has features which allows you to play games/progs while archived, hidden and locked, , thats all it really does, this interupt could be useful.
You're saing he should use sleazy tactics to force people to use DCS? Interesting idea...
that would be awesome!!! add a parser hook that intercepts getKey in BASIC calls and adds a key code for ON...or possibly add a Complex part to the result to allow for the detection of multiple keypress
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complex as in a+b
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Why don't you work with the people who made Xlib to see if you can add more BASIC functions that work with DCS? It would make the shell even more attractive to BASIC programmers.
I still vote that DCS have its own built in language ala Basic but designed with speed in mind (eg, allow for byte and word types, rather than forcing FP were it isn't needed - doing things like this could greatly speed it up, especially since checks to make sure it is a valid result would also take a fraction of the time...)
