OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report [Archive]

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rhino

11-15-2003, 04:22 AM

Mick Sutton of SEAL demonstrated a development version of Amiga OS 4 running on his AmigaOne-XE G4 system at two UK usergroup meetings recently (ANT on Sunday the 9th and SEAL on Friday the 14th).

A report and photos from these demonstrations are now available on the SEAL website (http://www.seal-amiga.co.uk).

jd997uk

11-15-2003, 06:21 AM

Was this the latest Beta with the updated icon system (for those not up to speed with the news, Icons now have independant palletes, which gives a better look and apparently speeds up window opening)?
I love the semi-transparent Amidock, it looks excellent.

-john

sicky

11-15-2003, 06:53 AM

@ jd997uk

"Was this the latest Beta with the updated icon system"

No, I have been so busy not had time to sort that yet.... next showing will be there :-)

Acill

11-15-2003, 08:39 AM

Wow those look great! What is taking so long to get it completed? It looks like its about ready.

Tomas

11-15-2003, 01:48 PM

The os sure looks great now.. even the default looks :-)

bloodline

11-15-2003, 02:37 PM

How many Beta testers are there?

Argo

11-15-2003, 03:40 PM

none, They are all alpha testers! :-D

AmigaMac

11-15-2003, 05:41 PM

Looks great... looks better than WinXP's Luna :-D

theTAO

11-16-2003, 05:15 PM

Yup, looks nice. I particularly liked the SnoopDos screenshot, since I wasn't sure how the Intuition changes would affect older software. Verdict: sweet. :-)

I am still trying to understand if the new Intuition is largely just cosmetic (rolling MagicMenu and VisualPrefs into the library), or if it includes practical updates, too...like support for menus that go beyond our current heading -> level 1 -> level 2 system. Also, I wonder if popup cycle gadgets (in both Gadtools and Reaction?) can now deal with more choices than will fit on the screen. Anybody know?

Todd