Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 6th Nov 2002 00:19 UTC
Yeah, I might be just re-inventing the wheel here, who knows? But I had this (original? I doubt it) idea a few months ago and I was meant to write about it for some time now. So, my idea is about creating a new operating system that is like none of the current ones. It would be so different, that porting applications from other "traditional" systems wouldn't be possible. But the gains would be much more important of what we would lose by implementing a brand new new system.
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The way I first pictured this is sort of from the user point of view. We have an interface to the files and a way to select the files. Selecting a file triggers the "module" that handles the file's mime-type. This module then processes the file.
That seems to work for when I have, say one image viewer. Suppose I want multiple modules to process one mime-type (eg text editing module and a printer module to handle text.) Then I start thinking of a desktop where I can have icons and I select a file then send ("submit"?) it to a module of my choice.
I'm not an interface person but it seems sort of "friendly". (Personally I don't mind a command line interface too much.)
From the OS level I feel kind of worried about letting modules be loaded into my kernel without some serious checks. (I never have a production machine with module support.)
Overall though I do like it. It's really interesting. I'm sure the ideas will bounce around my head for a bit now.
/chad