************************************************************************** * HISTORY * ************************************************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MagicWB 1.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial release (27-Jun-93) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MagicWB 1.2p (reduced public version) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Drawers: Script didn't check correctly if the SYS:Prefs.info was overwritten when updating the drawers in the SYS: directory. The check routine was already integrated but the checking value was incorrect. Changed value from 2658 to 2657. Update Drawers: Script got in conflict with drawer names that included SPACES in their names. If so, it did NOT update the drawers and all drawers below this drawer (if in recursive mode). Fixed. The Installer now also updates Drawers with spaces included in their names. Several users complained about the behaviour that when a PC0/PC1 DOSDriver was activated (i.e. placed in DEVS:DOSDrivers) and an MSDOS-Disk was inserted, the MSDOS-Disk-Icon didn't show up. Well, this was done for purpose and is due to the Tooltype ACTIVATE=0 in the PC0/PC1 Icon. It will only show up when the user accesses the device for the first time (for example 'dir PC0:'). Then it is also activated and will present its Icon on the Workbench. As this confused several people I changed it back to the Tooltype ACTIVATE=1. Added 'Intellifont' Icon (SYS:System drawer) to MagicWB for OS3.0 users. Added 'HDToolBox' Icon (SYS:Tools) to MagicWB (sorry, I forgot it ;) ) Added 'MEmacs' Icon (SYS:Tools) to MagicWB (forgot it, too ;) ) Improved 'HDBackup' Icon (Mini-Harddisk now looks better :) ) HDBackup is no longer a special-Icon (its place is in SYS:Tools in the MagicWB package). Therefore the Install script had to be changed a bit. Improved Commodities Icons: Background gradient fill was changed to provide a more plastic impression of the Icons. The DRAWER Icon was repainted and highly improved: Now it is symmetrical and much smaller. Several people complained that it was too big and therefore used too much space compared to the old Commo drawer. Now it uses less space and less memory. (I saved 384 Bytes ;) ) The checking value for UPDATE DRAWERS (see top of the 1.1 history) had to be changed again to the value 2273 because I repainted the DRAWER Icon. Improved the INSTALL Icon. Completely painted the Commoditiy-Icons from scratch. The previous design of the Commoditiy-Icons was just terrible! They were not XEN-Style conform at all: They had the wrong gradients, thick borders, wrong size and just looked horrible... I wonder, what had possibly driven me to paint such a bullshit (my optic nerve must have been twisted somehow ;)) Well, I probably invested so much energy into the default Icons and the Preferences-Icons (because they were more important), that I neglected the Commoditiy-Icons. And then I had to release MagicWB as soon as possible... So, here they are, the NEW Commoditiy-Icons: They have the same standard size as the Tools-Icons, have the original XEN-Style borders and gradients and were totally redesigned. I dropped the idea with the Monitor. I first included it to be compatible with the Commo-Icons. BUT, be honest, what has a Monitor in common with a Commodity??? Nothing! And the question and exclamation mark inside the monitor were just painted because the Icon painter (who painted the Icons for Commo) was probably just too unimagina- tive to visualize a Commodity. The new design represents a GUI (graphical user interface) with a mouse pointer below it selecting an option. I think this is the most typical thing about a commodity (beside the POPKEY), because nearly every commodity has got a GUI, giving the user the possibility to adjust its functions to his personal taste. This is the idea behind it. The new Icon also looks more plastic and its message is clearer. The same goes for the Commodities-Exchange-Icon: The letters 'CX' inside a monitor is not very imaginative! Now you can see a tiny GUI inside an exchange symbol. Well, I think they are far better than the older ones. I hope you agree. :) Highly improved the default DISK-Icon (well, it was detail-work, so you may probably not immediately recognize the difference). It looks far more plastic and 3-dimensional (you would like to grab it ;)). Especially the label-area now looks more realistic (because the label appears recessed now; the old one appeared raised). The Disk-Icon is now one of the most perfected Icons (that's why I like it the most) and I would not change it anymore (well, never say never! ;)). Made the same cosmetical changes to the default NODOS-Disk-Icon. Improved Format-Icon in SYS:System. The disk is smaller, so it completely fits into the Icon now. Added a new ReadMe-Icon to the collection (in the SPECIAL directory). Improved the AmigaGuide-Icon. Highly improved the Document-Icon. The triple-border really was too exaggerated. ;) Trashcan-Icon added. There you have it, finally! (So many asked for it) Painted two versions: The default trashcan is rather pictorial/iconic (usually not my style, but that makes it special, I love it!). If you don't like it, you can find the second version in the SPECIAL drawer. Improved 'Update Drawers'-Icon. MagicWB now has got the ultimate feature of being able to PRESERVE the tooltypes, icon position (if necessary), stack, default tool and the window position (used by Trashcan, Drawer and Disk) of the original Icons. So by now really nothing gets lost. The installer only replaces the images of the old Icons by the newer ones: Your personal settings will be preserved. NOW, you can launch the installer a hundred of times on your harddisk, nothing gets lost, everything will be preserved! :) For this reason (see above) I no longer have to equip the MagicWB-Icons with the general tooltypes. By skipping them the Icons became approx. 5% shorter in file size. As a result of the above, the Installer and 'Update Drawers' had to be rewritten. Improved Harddisk-Icon. Now it looks more photorealistic and finally is XEN-style-guide-compliant. :) Attention: The old Harddisk-Icon is still available in SPECIAL/HD2.info. For it is a Disk-Icon you won't see it via WB. Use the Shell instead. Improved the Devs/Monitors/Monitor-Icon. (reversed the gradient :)) The MagicWB documentation is no longer anti-style-guide-compliant. It is now in the AmigaGuide-Format and therefore uses the screenmode and the font which the user defined to work with. Furthermore it is much more legible. Redesigned and refined the MagicWB-Fonts and added XCourier in 11, 13, 15 points, added XEN/13 for higher resolutions, added XHelvetica/13. In addition, all fonts can display control chars. Release date: 09-Dec-93 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MagicWB 1.5 has got much more features and enhancements, so get yourself registered and order the new version 1.5 of MagicWB (see 'MagicWB.guide'). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The future: ~~~~~~~~~~ Well, it depends on you! - I will try to make MagicWB faster and less chip consuming. - More Icons of course (depends on your feedback) - More Dock-Images (dito) - New Patterns