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Timberwolf (AmigaOS 4.x port of Firefox) reaches Beta release aka 4.0.1

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Full Press Release Below

New Timberwolf release

The Timberwolf team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the first beta version of Timberwolf 4.0.1. Timberwolf is an AmigaOS web browser based on Firefox/Mozilla technology. This technology is more than just a browser, it is an enabling technology, bringing powerful tools such as html5, WebM, JavaScript, XUL, and more to AmigaOS 4.x. These are the building blocks for other applications as well, such as the email client "Thunderbird" or the media center "Songbird".

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This first beta release includes almost the full functionality of the browser, allowing style-sheet enabled web browsing, secure connections, use of Firefox® add-on and more.

Of course, being a beta, there are some limitations, such as missing support for printing, sound, WebGL, and drag&drop. Most importantly, no support for hardware accelerated rendering is implemented yet. We are working on getting all those features implemented over time. Current focus is on stability and completeness.

Minimum Requirements:

AmigaOS 4.1 (Update 4) is required to run this version of Timberwolf.

Feedback

For feedback, suggestions, and questions, please write to either

thomas@friedenhq.net
- or -
hans-joerg@friedenhq.net .

Download

Timberwolf can be downloaded at OS4Depot.net

About Timberwolf.

Timberwolf is an AmigaBounty.net project. For more information on the project, updates and donnations, check Timberwolf Project Page

[djrikki]

Video I shot earlier this evening.

Timberwolf (beta) for AmigaOS running on AmigaOne 500:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10H2xwmit9k

(AudioSwap maybe in progress)

[Darrin]

Very nice. Looking forward to running it on a X1000.

[stevieu]

It's working great here (on the X1000). It's a huge improvement over the initial Alpha release - feeling robust, and is ever-improving. :-)

Cheers to the Frieden brothers!

Steve

(posted using Timberwolf)

[DCAmiga]

Originally Posted by Transition

Timberwolf (AmigaOS 4.x port of Firefox) reaches Beta release aka 4.0.1

Amiga OS 4.x depot link

Amiga Bounty news

Great News for the OS 4.X camp, would be nice to see some youtube videos playing on TW even if it is Software Rendered
But hey Mesa is right around the corner right ??
TY all those at Hyperion for all the hard work

[kickstart]

What is the advantage of firefox 4.0 over origin web browser?

[Rogue]

Originally Posted by kickstart

What is the advantage of firefox 4.0 over origin web browser?

OWB is, at the time, certainly faster than Timberwolf. If you are content with OWB, there isn't much point to switch over now.

However, Timberwolf/Firefox is a more complete browser than anything else on the Amiga so far. It can use all the add-ons from the PC/Linux/MAC version (minus those that require specific platform support). AdBlock is one that I use, but also things like Web Developer Toolbar are very useful.

Also, Mozilla offers a technology, not only a web browser. Other programs like Thunderbird (E-Mail), Songbird (Media Player), And Sunbird (now Calender for Thunderbird, a calender/reminder) use the same tech.

Once we're finished with it, it will also have things like WebM (HTML5 video) replay (it can do that now but slow), WebGL, and a few other nifty features.

~~ Rogue

[Fab]

Just for information, OWB (mui) comes with a builtin content blocker manager (which can reuse adblock rules) and WebInspector for inspection/debugging purposes.
And many extensions from userscripts.org are usable, too, like the ones that add direct links to youtube pages and so on.

[Vulture]

I'm SO looking forward for a future songbird release at some point!

[Tripitaka]

Great news and another step forward for OS4.

[redfox]

First post at amiga.org using Timberwolf 4.0.1 Beta.

It uses up most of my RAM, but appears to be usable so far.
Currently down to 18MB available RAM after visiting some other amiga websites.

Startup seems faster than the earlier alpha version and menu items appear to work.

redfox
MicroA1 with 256MB RAM
AmigaOS 4.1 Update 4

[prowler]

How fast does it run compared to the previous release? (Still at work so can't try it out until I get home).

[Everblue]

How does this run on a Pegasos2/G4 machine with OS41?

[redfox]

Update...
I cannot save Bookmarks or Show Bookmarks. I don't know if this feature is disabled or if I simply don't have enough RAM available to manipulate the files.

Other than that, Timberwolf seems to display the websites I normally visit. I have not tried you-tube or anything fancy, just my normal "amiga" related haunts.

As far as GUI goes, Timberwolf seems to open a normal looking "amiga" window frame with title at the top and close, zoom, depth and sizing gadget. There are no menus attached to the actual window. Everything inside the window, including menus appears to be generated by the browser application and look like they would with Mozilla Firefox. Not sure if every menu entry is the same, but they are arranged in a similar fashion. Colour scheme for the menu bar is different than Firefox on our XP system at home.

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redfox