Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!cseaman From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: Features I'd like to see in JRCOMM Message-ID: <52892@sequent.UUCP> Date: 12 Feb 91 17:04:59 GMT References: <1991Feb3.075026.1923@ckctpa.UUCP> <910203.083436@lerami.lonestar.org> <26743@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <52549@sequent.UUCP> Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR Lines: 109 Ferry van het Groenewoud asked me to forward this message to the net (it was sent to me by mistake). From uunet!mcsun!fwi.uva.nl!groenewo... A little contribution on my side to keep Jack busy... An option to send an arbritary char (for example return) for every arbritary amount of time (for example every 5 minutes). That would prevent a BBS from timing out. The windows that show info while down or uploading are pretty complete, however one more number (I know this will sound like a spoiled child talking) would be nice: how high the *actual* transfer speed is. Then you would be able to see how much the speed drops down at a given moment if the line sucks. Also you'd see the maximum speed if the transfer is going perfectly. Also a very nice thing would be a search option in the review buffer. Many times it happens that I wanna review something and find myself swimming around 48K of text trying to find what I need. I'm not talking about grep-like functions. A plain, simple search option with modest wildcards options would suffice for me. Why are things measured with different measures? I don't see a reason to display the review buffer size in units of 2K! It is a little problem to multiply the number by 2. I only find it annoying that such a good program has such strange things. It would also be very nice if you could speed the scrolling somewhat. Would be nice for the review buffer and probably neccesary to keep up with high speed modems. I don't know how they do it, but take a look at the Cygnus editor among others. I guess they use the blitter to scroll but that is up to the programmer to find out :^) Very luxury, and not really necessary, but very nice would be a window in which you can adjust some Hayes compatible modem parameters. How about a small slider for modem volume? Would be extremely helpful for starters that don't know all AT... codes of heart like me. It would be userfriendly, it would be... amiga! Also handy would be a way to dial a number without having to touch the mouse. Just for speed's sake. Again this is a luxury thing, but I think it is handy. I start JR-Comm from floppy and it takes him about two minutes to get ready. That is because I also load the RAD: disc considerable with some DOS commands. I don't wait for the amiga until it has finished it's work, I start doing other things in the mean time. When I come back, JR-Comm will be there up and running. However, with scripts implemented, I (think I) could let JR-Comm connect too. But I *don't* want to let it type in my password because that requires that it needs my password on disc. To that I'm very reluctant. Some solutions to this little inconvienience (sp?) are: being happy that JR-Comm manages to get to the 'Password:' prompt; 2. Be able to type the password in JR-Comm in the very beginning of the startup. JR-Comm could crypt it itself and see if the password is correct. Then it could start the whole thing up, and I wouldn't have to interact with the computer until it has done all it could. I could even let it download my mail automatically. The ideal situation would be that you switch the computer on, walk away and come back in ten minutes and find that you're mail has been downloaded. That requires your password on disk, which I don't want. The next best thing would be: switch on your computer, type in your password, walk away etc. An option to have audible/visible beep. Some sort of display reset. Many times I find myself selecting the terminal requester, press the button for 8 colors, press the button for 4 colors and exit again, just to get back my normal type of display of the letters. In version 1.0 the VT100 emulation isn't 100%, which causes some of this, you've fixed that. But I think it would be handy, for sometimes it happens that the text is bold or it displays strange chars. There are probably control chars (like CTRL-O I believe) to get rid of it, but not many people know this. That's all I could come up with. I think at least some of the points I make, make sense. Ferry. -- -- Mac. The noise of a wrong calibration. PS/2. You can't see the new thing. IBM. The toys of a dead generation. Sun. You can't feel the beating. NeXT. The choice cause of bad information. Atari. You'll need some healing. Amiga. For boys with real imagination. Amiga. You can reach the ceiling. Ferry van het Groenewoud groenewo@fwi.uva.nl -- Chris (Insert phrase here) Seaman | /|__|\__/|__|\ cseaman@gateway.sequent.com | | | Where does he get ...!uunet!sequent!cseaman | | /\/\ /\/\ | those Wonderful toys? The Home of the Killer Smiley | \| \/ |/