Etoile Project Ideas
11 April 2006 | 2Now that I have my laptop, and I have working installations of GNUstep and Etoile, I feel ready to start making apps. But where to start…
I once read that one should “scratch their own itch” — make software that you personally need; chances are others need it too. Since Etoile is just starting out, I need pretty much everything. Most of what I need is outside the scope of my abilities, however: a web browser, an image editor, a Flash replacement. I could maybe see if I could steal some pre-existing code and flesh out the chat client and the file format/bundle for the Contact file type. Yeah, the Contact file type would be good — maybe a wizard for creating a new Contact.
Good work, Jesse. Let’s start there.
I do like your work. I am no more involved in GNUstep because I have no time but I would like to see GNUstep/Etoile in the future Unix/BSD X11 interface. I used NeXTstep a few years ago and I like the idea of circular menu you made.
Thank you very much!
Yes, Etoile is coming along very nicely and should soon have many of the components necessary for a highly workable desktop. If you ever find some time and would like to contribute, we’d love to have you back!