- Networking (plug in the Ethernet cables and you're done)
- Proper Application binding (extensions) and Filenaming systems
- File system navigation (learn from BeOS FileSystem including image viewing and previewing)
- File tracking and searching (learn from the good points of BeOS Tracker, OSX Finder and Sherlock)
- Watch and edit DVDs, MPEG, Quicktime (Learn from iMovie, iDVD, personalStudio)
- Simple image editing (Mini-Photoshop)
- Listen to 5.1 DTS Dolby enabled sound (learn from Mac iTunes and BeOS Soundplay)
- Encode music (learn from Mac iTunes)
- Email (learn from BeOS/AppleMail)
- Internet Browsing and FTP (learn from Internet Explorer and Mac)
- ICQ and IRC
- DVD & CD burning (yes, you heard it - DVD)
- Creating disk images (like Norton Ghost but simpler)
- USB support (instant plug and play for digital video cam, digicam, webcam, printer, scanner, joystick, gamepad controller)
- Scripting (learn from BeOS scripting)
- It should come an optional of a Office Suite (Office X).
And this list is only the beginning, basic computer needs and usage are constantly changing and growing. But the list represents what a "basic" user OS of today (Dec 2001) should contain.
posted by Desmond Ong on Tue 1st Jan 2002 22:43 UTC
"Packaged Ability"
This is the part where it gets tricky - hardware support, application support, and what the OS should be able to do on initial boot up without the need of third party software. With today's computing power and cool hardware, I believe the basics of a good mass appeal OS that should allow you to perform these things at a click of a button, hassle free:
Table of contents
posted by Thom Holwerda on Sat 23rd Aug 2008 15:37
posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Aug 2008 23:33 submitted by Charles Wilson
posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Mar 2008 21:49
