Re: Show of hands

'lo folks,

> So what kind of areas would be of broad interest? Vista compatibility, check.
> Related SysTray changes, check. "Install as shell" functionality, check.
> Multithreading stuff perhaps. Possibly DDE if that still matters today (?). And
> so on. Anything else? (I'm tired atm so I could only come up with the obvious stuff)

I think that pretty much sums up the common interests.  Perhaps the
holy grail of actually getting SetShellWindow to work properly with
Explore / File Open / File Save dialogues would be cool as well.

> Finally, maybe we should also share our views on "the future of the alternative
> shell", because with each year that passes by it seems that our combined
> community shrinks a bit more (or perhaps it's just being diluted?!) Will it
> still be worth the hard work 1-2-3 years from now? How will *your* shell evolve?
> How will the rise of Vista, MacOS X 10.5 Leopard and Linux with Compiz Fusion
> affect us? Is there a place for alternative shells stuck in a 2D world when the
> regular desktop goes 3D? Is a move to .NET inevitable also for us in the
> medium/long term if we want to stay competitive? Maybe some new hotshot
> developer will suddenly appear and blow us all out of the water with mad 3D
> skillz? ;)

I think that the commonly used system functions (i.e. the undocumented
ones what I believe we all use), it common across shells, regardless
of the implementation language.  Like I mentioned, I've been
collaborating with BilliBerserker from the SharpE camp, which develop
using Delphi, where as Emerge is implemented in C/C++.

As for 3D, that doesn't hold a lot of interest for me, personally I'm
waiting for holographic or virtual reality shells.  :P

Cheers!

Chris

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Chris Sutcliffe
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