Linked by Will Varfar on Tue 3rd Aug 2004 05:32 UTC
This article offers feature suggestions to budding OS developers looking for that neat edge.
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Looks like a cool idea when you first see it. But really, it is quite impractical. Networks are quite different from local devices, there are all sorts of latency, connection and authentication issues that, in the end, if you want decent usability, must be dealt with in the application. I guess an asyncrounous API extended for dealing with networks could work.
In the kernel? No way. Stick it in a library. (But this is coming from a person who thinks that the local FS and disc drivers should be in libraries too!) If you're writing an OS, make these libraries your API, not what the kernel exposes.
Has anyone tried typing and HTTP or FTP link in to a Windows open dialog? Works a treat, don't think it can save though. Only tried this with XP.