My own opinion is that Haiku (also in alpha release) has a good Hardware compatibility,
by QT porting much things are available (not ever full working :-( ),
WPA support and a full working browser (with FLV support)develop, are mandatory By my idea;
all OSes from **nux distro, to hobby-level OS (don't wanna type in names, we're talking about Haiku)Have it jet.
and this is a big gap...
But it's only My opinion..
I can not guess with any accuracy what will be done to Haiku in 2012. I can only tell you what I would like to see! First, 100% HTML 5 compatibility is a must! Since Flash plugin is not available for Haiku, HTML 5 support is critical. Perhaps a working port of gnash would be nice as well.
Another must for me would be more hardware support before Beta 1. Sound still does not work on my 2009 HP pavilion laptop, nor my HP mini 110. Wifi does not work on the HP Mini either. If some Free BSD network drivers can be ported to Haiku, then perhaps others can be ported as well as a stop-gap until native drivers can be developed! Native drivers are always nice!
I have noticed that when I run Bsnow, my cpu usage goes up to almost 100 percent! Hardware acceleration for me is a must as well. I remember back when I was using Windows 98 SE I tried to play a game and it sucked. It sucked because it was using software acceleration. Any potential Haiku has as a gaming platform is dependant on Hardware Acceleration and good graphics drivers.
Another important must for me is a theme-able UI! Haiku's UI needs to accommodate the wants of its users by having a method to installing new themes. I would not want to change the look of the UI much. I would like some good looking drop shadows behind and to the right of windows and menus for a better 3D effect. Also a semi-transparent window tab and window would be nice!
Others will think of more to add to this list, and perhaps I would also if I thought more about it. I really love this poetic OS.
The interface is clean. The BeTheme Manager could use additional themes -- I've not seen any new ones after the BeOS5max release. Some of this comes down to Drivers for video cards. Most shadows.... could be done with VESA extensions. HTML 5 should be coming. the Port Team(s) were talking about the proposed updates/changes to WebPositive when the change over to git was done.
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Re: what the goal haiku os in 2012?
My own opinion is that Haiku (also in alpha release) has a good Hardware compatibility,
by QT porting much things are available (not ever full working :-( ),
WPA support and a full working browser (with FLV support)develop, are mandatory By my idea;
all OSes from **nux distro, to hobby-level OS (don't wanna type in names, we're talking about Haiku)Have it jet.
and this is a big gap...
But it's only My opinion..
Re: what the goal haiku os in 2012?
I can not guess with any accuracy what will be done to Haiku in 2012. I can only tell you what I would like to see! First, 100% HTML 5 compatibility is a must! Since Flash plugin is not available for Haiku, HTML 5 support is critical. Perhaps a working port of gnash would be nice as well.
Another must for me would be more hardware support before Beta 1. Sound still does not work on my 2009 HP pavilion laptop, nor my HP mini 110. Wifi does not work on the HP Mini either. If some Free BSD network drivers can be ported to Haiku, then perhaps others can be ported as well as a stop-gap until native drivers can be developed! Native drivers are always nice!
I have noticed that when I run Bsnow, my cpu usage goes up to almost 100 percent! Hardware acceleration for me is a must as well. I remember back when I was using Windows 98 SE I tried to play a game and it sucked. It sucked because it was using software acceleration. Any potential Haiku has as a gaming platform is dependant on Hardware Acceleration and good graphics drivers.
Another important must for me is a theme-able UI! Haiku's UI needs to accommodate the wants of its users by having a method to installing new themes. I would not want to change the look of the UI much. I would like some good looking drop shadows behind and to the right of windows and menus for a better 3D effect. Also a semi-transparent window tab and window would be nice!
Others will think of more to add to this list, and perhaps I would also if I thought more about it. I really love this poetic OS.
Re: what the goal haiku os in 2012?
The interface is clean. The BeTheme Manager could use additional themes -- I've not seen any new ones after the BeOS5max release. Some of this comes down to Drivers for video cards. Most shadows.... could be done with VESA extensions. HTML 5 should be coming. the Port Team(s) were talking about the proposed updates/changes to WebPositive when the change over to git was done.