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What's in store for RISC OS By Chris Williams. Published: 12th Sep 2002, 23:38:27 | Permalink | PrintableRISCOS Ltd. hint at Select 2 contents RISCOS Ltd., developers of the desktop incarnation of drobe.co.uk's favourite operating system, have recently sent an 'Update' letter to current Select subscribers inviting them to resubscribe in order to continue receiving the latest versions of RISC OS as well as supporting RISCOS Ltd. in the continual development of RISC OS.
So far, the Select scheme has brought RISC OS many features ranging from easy entry of spaces into filenames, correct numerical sorting of files, creation of JPEG files from Paint, creation of SVG files from Draw, new Screen savers and hardware profiles to DHCP support, multi-user logon, a preview of the new !Printers with some new PDF's, a preview of the new OmniClient with Appletalk support, built in firewalling, a streamlined Boot sequence and much, much more. Software bundled with Select includes the ANT Internet suite, which includes the Fresco web browser.
RISCOS Ltd. refrained from confirming future Select features, explaining "The nature of the Select scheme is such that we reserve the right to change the development schedule of Select to meet the needs to our RISC OS Licensees." However, to wet your appetite, the following items are described as being "in an advance stage of development":
- Scroll wheel mouse support.
- Improved Image File Rendering via a new plugin.
- Pinboard support for Drawfiles.
- New InetConfigure module.
- Transparency introduced to Sprites, JPEGs, Blendtable and DragASprite.
- New TextGadget scrolling lists.
- New Wimp with improved dithering, fading, tool ordering, italic text sizing, CMYK sprites and much more.
- DDEUtils has been improved to handle long lines.
- New FontMenu.
- Basic Printing support for the all the latest HP Printers.
- Improved CDPlayer.
- Better handling of PNG files in Paint.
- A comprehensive multi-tasking Acorn Replay release with improved movies to take advantage of the enhanced capabilities of the new machines being produced.
- Substantial number of developments 'under the hood' of RISC OS, providing (as an example) hooks to third party developers.
"The full list of the developments we have planned is extensive and we will release further details as, and when, they reach a sufficiently advanced stage", RISCOS Ltd. go on to explain. The next Select CD release is expected October 2002.
Links
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