[openbeos] Re: "OpenSoftwareValet"
- From: "Alex Jeppesen" <jailbait@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:46:18 -0800
Wow, thats a really good idea. Gota luv the power of BeFS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mathew Hounsell" <mat.geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:16 PM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: "OpenSoftwareValet"
>
> > The problem I'm seeing here is that quite often apps misbehave, go
wrong,
> try and take over your system, etc. Like Realplayer 8 under Windows -
which
> is absolutely evil - the thing puts crap everywhere. It's really the same
> problem which LewisB pointed out when he said something along the lines of
> >> "The one potential problem would be developers [who] assume their
> Application is SOOO usefuly they set [..] their apps show up in every
> category."
> > From a more generalised perspective, I'm asking the question; how can
an
> OS protect it's user from applications that [s]he wants to run?
>
> Save Us, Please Save Us ! <Insert Pained Cry of The Masses>
>
> Honestly, I would love to see a well managed OS safe from the evils of
> self-centered applications.
>
> This is where my idea for a data-space began.
>
> Before BeOS PE5 was released I could not find, nor afford BeOS. I was
using
> Windows mainly and had experimentated with OS/2 and was experimenting with
> Linux.
>
> I hate the way windows applications drop there folder into the program
menu.
> It ends up cluttered and confusing. There are very few applications you
use
> often enough to justify such importance, and these should probablely be
> listed under recently used. Linux was worse.
>
> I though most applications have a subset of these common attributes:
> Name, Description, Primary Catergories, Secondary Categories,
> Author, Primary File Types, File Types Handled etc
>
> eg Civ III, Game, Empire Building, Fraxis, *.sav
>
> I wanted the programs menu to organise the programs by category then sub
> category.
>
> In BeOS this can be done by adding attributes to the executable and making
> the BeMenu folder a live query.
>
> The second problem I encountered was programs hijacking file associations.
I
> had spent some considerable time creating a set of file associations for
the
> language I was using the most. I installed a new editor to try it and it
> hijacked my associations; luckily it didn't destroy them.
>
> These same problems apply in BeOS. An application should be able to
register
> its attributes and then the shell will update to show the program.
>
> Perhaps, also to simplify tracker, this might be abstracted to a shell
> server.
>
>
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