Re: [ros-kernel] Re: ROS gui

[Jarmo M. <ja...@mu...>]

Has anyone pressed Num Pad * when focus is in Network Neighborhood
(or Computers Near Me)? This operation will expand A LOT and it
cannot be stopped! You have to kill the process. Pressing Esc
would be nice way to stop it and a Stop button.

One more annoying thing that comes to mind. When you paste files
(Copy and Paste) to one folder and switch to another folder,
Explorer activates the previous folder when it displays Copy
progress dialog. So, no call to SetForegroundWindow, please.

JMu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Royce Mitchell III" <ro...@ev...>
To: <rea...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [ros-kernel] Re: ROS gui


> > Why should we clone explorer? If we use a free one or wite a
free one, if
> > the person doesn't like it could they just not download the
newest
> > explorer.
>
> I think an Explorer clone should adhere closely to the
"interface" of the
> original, so newbies will be immediately familiar with it. Just
because MS's
> is insecure, doesn't mean ours has to be.
>
> Here's an impartial feature/non-feature list for an explorer
clone:
>
> * keep quick-launch
> * keep in-situ start menu editing
> * remove start menu reordering ( should always alphabetize )
> * remove "web view"
> * keep desktop
> * everything can be customized, and should be easy to do so ( no
editing
> text files - that's a Linux thing )
> * it should be possible to edit settings in a text file - if you
want to ( a
> single, simple ini file - there are several reasons for this one
if you want
> me to expound )
> * keep control panel
> * xp-like start menu ( it really is a much better layout when
you get rid of
> the performance-sapping fancy graphics )
> * xp-like user management ( ms finally got that right, if xp
wasn't such a
> flop )
> * extension hiding should *not* be default for power users.
> * file hiding should *not* be default for power users.
> * no web-integration. web browser must be a separate app.
> * There should *never* be any reason for the OS to open a file
unless the
> user has performed some action on the file, or on a program that
uses the
> file. ( This will eliminate some of the nastier security holes
explorer has
> been plagued by ).
> * file associations could work MUCH better. It's always a pain
setting up my
> .c, .h, .cpp, .hpp, etc associations.
> * there's no reason for explorer to access 20 registry entries
every time
> you double-click something. It should be blind to settings
changes made
> directly to it's config files/registry. All settings should be
available
> from within the program so that it's not necessary to edit the
config
> files/reg directly. At the very least it should re-read it's
settings unless
> it detects they have changed. ( Probably would have to be an ini
file to
> monitor for file changes ).
> * 9x/NT4-like network neighborhood, unless someone can explain
to me how the
> 2000/XP net hoods are better ( I have yet to find a good
reason ). Note I'm
> talking about browsing the network here, not configuring it.
> * this isn't just for explorer... but there should be very
little ( ideally
> none ) images/animations included. They just slow the O/S down.
If they are
> necessary, then they should not be loaded until the first time
they are
> needed.
>
> That's all I can think of right now.
>
>
>
>
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