Alrighty; since we already have Beta2 waiting around the corner, I think it would be a good idea to see what does the community would like to see for Beta3.
I tried to curate a basic list of items for possible enhancements.
For a realistic outcome, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR SELECTION TO 3 ENTRIES! This poll is for Beta3 only!
Edit: By common opinion, 3D acceleration will be disregarded, since it is too much work for the next beta.
Userland applications (Utilities, media applications)
Tracker/Deskbar improvements
Webkit improvements (plus networking)
Network improvements (Bluetooth, VPN, etc.)
Improved text rendering support (Emoji, complex alphabets, more fonts)
Power management improvements
Improved POSIX compatibility
MediaKit improvements
Improved file system support
Package management system improvements
General API improvements
3D hardware accelearation
No specific area, just improve hardware compatibility
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I’d like to see an api improvement about spellcheck correction in native input fields for example in Vision or here in webpositive etc.
VPN and bluetooth (Actually I’m having problems pairing bluetooth logitech keyboard) (I’ll file a ticket soon) VPN is a must I can’t wait to see nextcloud in haiku
I think that #15585 and #15569 should be fixed before Beta 3. #15585 is very annoying, it cause many applications to freeze when many files are written like during archive extraction or compiling. This is very old bug, it is present before Alpha 1, probably at beginning of Haiku.
Just to tell my reasoning. I really like to to use Haiku as a desktop OS, the best I have used so far. My expectations are not great, I just want to be able to do everything on the same computer without. The browser nowadays (+ networking) is a must to check for information. For the rest…well, I can be patient.
The biggest hurdle that’s preventing me from using haiku more regularly is the lack of mult-monitor support, and it is missing from your list.
I would love to have multi-monitor support, way before hw acceleration for example.
Support for more printers.
Haiku has its own print server so we don’t need Cups but would it be possible to make a kind of wrapper?
Would it be possible to try to port things like HPLIP then?
I hope Haiku will support RAR compressed file viewing,better virtual machine support,better port to run Windows apps(Because there’s too many Windows apps),and more features for home uses…Sorry to my bad English,I hope Haiku will develop faster.
Maybe unrar should be included in the default build since it provides such useful functionality, is very small and has no requirements. It’s a no-brainer for me.
