SKY4 STUDIOS


Suggestions for AMT 021-040

 

Title:

39. Ready made scrolling background

Date:

14 August 1996

Description:

Ready made scrolling background [pref all directions] with loaded images - say 2000 x 2000 pixels for 3D map like feature - which loads on a pre set number of pixels.


Title:

38. an URL lookup for net connection updates

Date:

14 August 1996

Description:

an URL lookup for net connection updates

- for example text updates [x-platform?]


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37. Database option for media

Date:

14 August 1996

Description:

Director has it, AMT Accelerator has it (for a cost) but it would be useful given the major speed limitations of the MacOS in opening files.


Title:

36. Official FAQ on cross platform 'features'

Date:

14 August 1996

Description:

Release an official FAQ on current problems with cross platform titles, some of us do not have time to test on 30+ machines only to find our transparency don't work on Windoze 85 and sound crashes whatever. Updated every month (or more) and post it to the amkdev mailing list and various support web pages.


Title:

35. Speed options for browser

Date:

14 August 1996

Description:

An option to turn off all the little icons and close the map window while editing objects in the browser would be useful. When there are 200 or more objects in the browser it can really crawl even on a 9500.


Title:

34. HTML style moving around a hypertext file

Date:

14 August 1996

Description:

The ability to jump around a text file using reference points to jump to. This would allow you to use 1 text file as opposed to many different files. See the AmigaGuide standard for a simple implementation of this.

V. Briefly

@node Main

Test link to hello section.

@{"Link" link Hello}

@endnode

@node Hello

Hello

@endnode

Or another solution:

use invisible RTF code system, for example when you use double underline this text will not be visible but when you click on the hyperlink this text will be passed to the hyperlink lookup system.


Title:

31. Support for Java applets

Date:

14 August 1996

Description:

I understand the myriad of problems involved in getting something like this running, but if done well, it could beautifully tie together AMT and the web, as well as allow AMT users to add chunks of code without resorting to AMTPE.


Title:

29. Zoom Button

Date:

14 August 1996

Description:

Zoom button to allow easy aligning of objects. I do use snap to grid 99% of the time but this would be vitally useful.


Title:

26. Text Utilities

Date:

02 August 1996

Description:

Text support isn't this great, we have hyperlinks but what about this:

Possiblities by coding to change characters styles on the fly. For example set word 5 to bold. or set chars 34 through 89 to stylex. etc... Also to gather information where the user clicked. For example the user clicked at line 3 on word 6 at character 31. The style on that character is styley.


Title:

24. Hide all

Date:

16 June 1996

Description:

new commands: hide all


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23. Continue

Date:

16 June 1996

Description:

used after a stop command-- continue (timer events), rather than start again from beginning.


Title:

22. CD-extra tool ?

Date:

16 June 1996 (updated 17 June 97)

Description:

a way for a finished event to be generated after a track from an audio cd has finished.

eCD control

since apple made the AIMT, AMT was previously the best way to author enhanced cds; but now there is an XTRA for director that allows for better audio CD control.

AMT should be able to send/receive commands from

the audio CD--

i.e. "when track 05 finished"...

or

"at 2:13 into track 09" do this (w/o relying on timer events. or better yet, some kind of display for current status of audio CD (for creating "remote" control).



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