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What features do you wish were available for your "Dream FE"?

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Havok:
Edited original title - makes more sense..

So, what features are you looking for that are not available in your front end?

Perhaps we can use this thread as a repository for feature requests that the FE devs can refer to...

FrizzleFried:
I am not going to bother with the important features as most current FE's have that covered for the most part.   Here is a list of what I would like to see in a front end (please note I am currently using MAMEWah,  so I am using that FE as a basis to make my decisions):

(1) Animated GIF support
(2) Built-in Juke Box
(3) HISTORY.DAT support
(4) Hiscore List (use hiscore.dat to create an on-the-fly quick-access list...I know that MAME officially dropped hiscore.dat,  but screw em,  it's easy to compile back in,  and frankly,  a FE is for people who use MAME to GAME not just to "ARCHIVE".
(5) Screenshots and Animations that are the correct dimensions when viewing from a vertical layout.
(6) A "filter by savestates" option for list generation.
(7) A working "screen orientation" option for list generation.

...more will come to me.

Havok:
Is there a reason for the animated gif support specifically? Wouldn't an avi be sufficient?

TOK:
I'm not really into lots of fluff like animations and music, so MaLa has my real needs covered. If there was one feature I could have, it'd be the ability to totally disguise Windows.

I've messed with skinning XP and 2000, and there is always just some little hint that you're just running a computer in a cabinet. I don't even mind the POST screen, but something that'd just automatically make the screen black or even display fake arcade machine startup sprites would be killer.

Circo:
Since a big reason for me making all of these video previews for games, if Mala handled the video screensaver option right, ie play one after another, configurable for every emulator, no timer etc it would be just about perfect for my needs.  If I could only blend the way mamewah handles videos with everything mala does I would be in video game heaven right now.

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