Wishlist of applications

Here is a list of application that are perceived as interesting and useful in a GNUstep environment and thus interesting for GAP or enhacements to existing GNUstep applications. They are not in importance order or ceration order.

Graphical Apps

• XV style image tool (a viewer, slideshow presenter (with image deletion during presentation) supporting various formats in/out, directory browsing with previews ("visual schnauzer")). This is becoming LaternaMagica
• a graphic raster app oriented app aimed at drawing (pencil, watercolors, airbrush, effects)
• a more picture/photo oriented graphical app interated with the former
• a a vector based graphical application (with SVG support, Xfig, postscript) Graphos is working in this direction

Developer Apps

• graphical programming system (UML-ish)
• A decent, working, and more or less bugfree release of ProjectCenter. Among what is wanted:
  • more flexibility
  • a better internal editor
• a web-editor which could have these features:
  • semi-realtime display in a separate window of the content (possibly with a choosen engine, like WebCore, Gecko or dillo
  • syntax highlighting
  • auto-indentint and page reformatting (like old OmniWeb internal editor)
  • tag insertion and CSS creation assistant

Network Apps

• an instant messenger in the style of Fire! (we could reuse it mostly) with a clear interface and no IRC. Protocols most wanted: Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, Jabber, possibly AIM too.

System tools

• window manager based on GNUstep
• System administration software like: NFSConfig.app. ideas:
  • plug-ins and an abstraction layer to accomodate various Operating Systems.
  • user managment
  • inetd managment
  • daemon managment
  • disk usages (graphic display) with possibly a disk cleaning tool
  • ... (and similar stuff)

Desktop and Utilites

• dictionary tool
  • possibly based on wictionary (wikipedia dictionary) access
  • with offline mode and repository
  • offering a system-wide dictionary service
• An office suite, consiting of:
  • word processor
  • spreadsheet
  • presentation tool