> > p.s.: does OBOS/BeOS support anything like OLE, Bonobo or KParts, > i.e.: embedding other programs' components? > > Marco Zanon [http://www.marcozanon.com] seems to me that embedding other programs' components sounds an awful lot like 'replicants'. i'm no expert on replicants and sadly found it a seldom used feature of the OS but it seems to have serious potential. maybe it was incomplete? i don't know. but BeOS replicants like dropping Net+ and SoundPlay on my desktop beat the hell out of M$ ActiveDesktop any day. if it can be extended to make it more like OLE (if it isn't already) then maybe this is where you should look. -jared