At 10:22 �� 11/3/2002, you wrote: >At 10:19 PM 3/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >>IMHO what should be done is to leave WMAN alone and work on an entire new >>PE that could give the QL a whole new GUI, >>there all new developments and features could be implemented without >>sacrificing compatibility with older apps (since the original >>PE would still be in place). There the common "look and feel" as well as >>other features could be implemented from scratch neatly >>and correctly taking into account all possible QL platforms. > >Isn't this what ProWess is? A whole new WMAN system with lots of features >over the PE WMAN? > >Tim Swenson
Not really... First of all, ProWesS is depended upon the PE for many things, second it's insanely slow (esp. on regular QL systems) where regular PE is blazingly fast (IMHO the difference of assembly over C - even compiled with gcc-qdos ProWesS apps are very slow compared to regular PE apps which literally fly!). Many features of ProWesS could (and should) be implemented in a new Gui (eg. the Vector fonts, virtual screens) and the common look and feel that ProWesS provides is a must... However again a SMSQ/E bundled new Gui could have other significant advantages like: 1. Being really a part of the OS ever present and without memory loss 2. Extremely fast. 3. Being able to provide a TRUE desktop where now we have a patchwork of a quasi GUI routines and pseudo graphics. etc... Phoebus
