Hi everybody! i just joined the mailing list and I tried out FreeDOS. Im totally impressed that this exists hah! Im a web developer and UX designer, so I know javascript, python, html etc, so clearly my programming skills wont be much use until at least version 3.0.
But I can totally see this as being a great solution for an embedded system. I saw opengem, and tried it out, but a great minimalistic interface would work really well for FreeDOS - something similar to what Windows 8 uses for it's start screen. I will be tinkering around with opengem to see if I can get something like that working. I would think it would be minimal enough to have it be natively included in the kernel. I also think FreeDOS could appeal more to the media and get more publicity in tech field, and therefore more developer support, if some "modern" esthetic aspects that we see in different touch devices etc were brought into the project. For example, if zoom were somehow made available by OS(regardless of the current program, even freecom/command.com. so maybe a zoom solution could be a change to the display?). Speaking of command.com, maybe touch/cutemouse support could be added. Another esthetic that could be added is utilizing some modern font options (think OpenDroid, or firefox's open fonts). Again some of these things are not actually important, but they could bring more developers into the project. Im not sure if any of these things can even be done without the kernel being natively loaded into protected mode? Maybe some of these, at least, can be emulated for fun to show potential developers some esthetic potential. Ok, so Im rambling now haha. These are just some of the ideas that flew through my head while poking around. I wish i knew more about memory and OS-level programming to really knock some things off the project's to-do list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
