Kolibri tomorrow

NOTE! A lot of the information here is now on Google Summer of Code 2013.

Priorities

Drivers

• Mouse/cursor improvements (scrolling, bugfixes)
• IPC improvements
• Device enumeration without reboot (Plug&Play)
• ext2/ext3 writing support [turbanoff]
• LBA48 support
• Network drivers

Less important

Drivers

• Full NTFS support (reading is done, no writing yet)
• XFS support
• Porting nouveau via DRM
• USB/EFI/SMP/ACPI/SCSI/PnP/SATA support
• WiFi/GPS/Bluetooth

GUI

• GUI redesign
• More fonts
• Single-application desktop
• Transparent windows

Network

• VPN
• Proper LAN system that includes Samba/NFS, PPPoE, network auto-configuration

Other

• Fully working HDD boot
• Installer/installation suite [maximYCH]
• PE or PE-related executable format support.
• Forth ([[1]]) our own
  

Applications

Need work/rewriting/etc.

• Framework/toolkit [extend Box_lib?]
• File manager [Eolite]
• Media player [MIDAMP/Fplay/AC97 MP3 player]
• Spreadsheet editor (port Table to ASM)

New ones needed

• Proper desktop [current]
• Graphics editor [Animage?]
• Browser [HTMLV but it's horrible]
• Archive manager
• IM clients
• RTF editor?
• CD burner

Ideas/less important

• Undelete utility
• Sound editor
• CGI-complete web server
• Database server

Minor requests

1. It's better to have <- and -> keys to hide/show windows; Let the system menu hide after the second click.
2. Use Alt+F4 to close all applications (yet not working somewhere);
3. File managers shaw a red banner when one tries to open an unknown file. It's quite hard to hide it even pressing 'X'. Better to close the banner with 'Enter' or/and Alt+F4, that's not to seek for the mouse..., esp if have no one.
4. KolibriOS lets applications to be launched many times. Hence, duplicate run of some diagnostic/testing programs is akin of a bug, esp taking into account there's no window shift of duplicates. I want to block such duplicates or at least shift their windows.
5. About ALT-Tab. One need to press it all the tine to switch between applications, MS Windows(TM) lets simply hold ALT, and only press Tab.
6. I want the Undo option in Tinipad (Ctrl+Z / Undo) at least for 2-3 last steps (15-20 better). It will greatly stimulate in-system development
7. Hard disk write for all VM
8. Better advertise the OS to recruit new developers