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From: steve@morgoth.UUCP (Steve Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Yet Another Entry In The 1.4 Wish List...
Keywords: 1.4 Enhancement Wish List Picture Boot
Message-ID: <504@morgoth.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 89 18:50:47 GMT
Organization: Goldberg-Zoino and Assoc., Newton, MA
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	We are starting to accumulate quite a list of things people
would like to see in the next release of KickStart/WorkBench (1.4 or
2.0?  If it really is a total rework of the WorkBench environment,
maybe it should be 2.0?).  Anyway...

	Some of the things that have been suggested have been great
ideas and I hope that they get implimented in one way or another.  I
would like to add a couple of wishes myself:

	1) Change the requester-hand in the ROM.  You know, the one of
	   the hand holding the Kickstart/Workbench disk.  We have an
	   incredible graphics machine; the opening screen should be a
	   work of art (how about an animation)!  C-A could even sponsor
	   a contest; they wouldn't have to give out much in the way
	   of prizes - Just knowing that your picture/animation could
	   be in every amiga should be incentive enough!
	   Now I know you are all gonna say "This is a silly wish,
	   besides the fact that it's not on the screen for very long
	   if at all!".  I know, but it would be so *easy* (I assume)!

	2) Change the command-callback feature of the shell so that
	   SHIFT-LEFT ARROW will move to the start of the previous
	   word and SHIFT-RIGHT ARROW will move to the start of the
	   next word.  It is so annoying to have a long command typed
	   in, only to discover that you made a typo smack dab in the
	   middle of the line!  If I remeber correctly, ConMan does a
	   great job in this respect, but I don't want to run it just
	   for that when I already have the standard Shell!

	3) One last thing (for now :-)  I know there are utilities out
	   there that can shrink a window to the minimum or expand it
	   to the maximum.  Could something like that be implimented?
	   I would be nice to able to shrink my CLI or Shell to reveal
	   the WorkBench screen behind it by hitting one function key.

	4) That brings up another thing...  How about a section in
	   Preferences to allow the user to map the function keys to
	   anything they want?  Or is this better left to a seperate
	   utility program?

	Anyway, these are some of my wishes for 1.4 or 2.0 (whatever
they decide to call it).  I assume most are feasable.  If not, don't
flame me.  Just let me know what is possible and what is not.  Thanks
for listening...

						-= Steve =-


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