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11-22-2002, 07:57 PM
Knowing nothing about amigaDE, I figured I would ask the question ...

For those of you who are familiar with AmigaDe...

How easy would it be to port staroffice or a good browser over to amigaone?

Or does anyone even know?

And also...
Would there be a decrease in speed by porting it over?
T_Bone
11-22-2002, 08:55 PM
> Knowing nothing about amigaDE, I figured I would
> ask the question ...

> For those of you who are familiar with AmigaDe...

> How easy would it be to port staroffice or a good
> browser over to amigaone?

The AmigaOne doesn't run AmigaDe.
11-22-2002, 08:59 PM
It will.
11-22-2002, 09:16 PM
How easy would it be to port staroffice or a good browser over to amigaone?
don't know but IMHO it has already or will be done soon.

Look at it this way:
(1) Amiga need a good browser and staroffice to prosper
(2) Amiga will prosper
=> AmigaOne can run a good browser and staroffice soon enough

or this way:
it has been done so much that Amiga couldn't have disregarded those two necessary apps.
Damion
11-22-2002, 09:16 PM
Well, I think the only thing the A-1 runs
right now is Linux?
T_Bone
11-22-2002, 09:17 PM
> it will

Not untill OS5, and if OS4 doesn't get an Office App and a Web browser, the chances of an OS5 follow up are pretty slim.

A better question would be, is anyone porting a browser/Office package for OS "4".
11-22-2002, 09:21 PM
Well then...

Is anyone porting an office app and a web browser to OS4?

Because I kinda doubt that Ibrowse is a good solution.

I could be wrong since I haven't used it in ages, but the last time I did it was an unsatisfactory answer to my browsing desires.

Similar results with Aweb.

The Amiga needs a good browser and a good office app.
Damion
11-22-2002, 09:27 PM
Won't OS 4 only have a 68k browser? If so,
that's not very encouraging, although I guess
it would be nice to have a semi-decent browser
for my current system.

Yes, they do at least need that. It would be
difficult for me to justify the cost without
at least the essentials.
11-22-2002, 09:30 PM
I don't know.
I can't get any imformation on the current state of Ibrowse.
Thier website appears to be down.

I don't believe thier making it ppc code though.

So you're probably right.

Emulator better work good.
pjhutch
11-29-2002, 06:37 AM
IBrowse 3.0 will be written for AOS 4.
IBrowse 2.3 is currently AOS 3 and 68k at present, once that is complete and features and bugs sorted then v 3 will be done.

Linux programs are difficult to port and they use X Windows for the GUI stuff and that has to be re-written for AmigaOS using Reaction or MUI or whatever GUI you choose. Not an easy task.
gnarly
11-29-2002, 07:02 AM
Linux programs are difficult to port and they use X Windows for the GUI stuff and that has to be re-written for AmigaOS using Reaction or MUI or whatever GUI you choose. Not an easy task.

Not necessarily - Holger Kruse wrote AmiWin X11 (http://www.nordicglobal.com/) which is x-windows for amiga.

I thought the problem was that amiga has no GTK toolkit (etc). Kronos? You know more about this sort of thing :-)