| From: | Nick Darley-Jones |
| Date: | 25 Oct 2000 at 01:36:53 |
| Subject: | Re: AmigaOS 3.9 screenshot |
Hello Matt
On 25-Oct-00, you wrote:
>> I don't expect this new OS to be radically different but I would have
>> hoped to see some of the well know patches (Birdie and Visual Prefs
>> spring to mind) incorperated into the new OS.
>
> When people ask for things like Birdie and VisualPrefs to be added into
> the OS, it usually comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of how these
> things work.
>
> To summarise, you aren't going to get Birdie or VisualPrefs built into the
> AmigaOS, not in the Classic line anyway. I seem to remember that the guy
> who did Birdie is writing the new AmigaDE desktop, so you can guarantee
> it'll be there - but only because he'll have built it in from the ground
> up.
O.K. I understand exactly what you mean. However, the screenshot of the
supposed OS3.9 with the old type window borders did look a bit naff (in my
opinion anyway).
> I suspect that OS3.9 will be a refresher update: some nice new features
> for Workbench that make it nicer, a task launcher bar, movie player, that
> kind of thing. Maybe they'll bundle in some decent apps, rewritten
> slightly to make them more unique? If they do include Genesis, they're
> gonna have to include MUI for instance - or rewrite the GUI for Reaction..
As long as it's nothing like last years Christmas update ;-) Remember the
lovely snowy background and those wonderful animated icons. Did anyone
ever use it?
> I'll be getting a copy anyway, providing it'll run on my 68k-only system.
Me too.
Regards
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