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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #29 on: June 10, 2010, 07:21:11 AM »
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How so? I mean, what does this offer that OWB can't provide?


Name recondition and branding. Like it or hate it Firefox is one of the most used software applications in the world. OWB is awesome too but who has heard of it? Few outside of the Amiga community. The Webkit engine powering OWB is of course very nice and powers Safari too.
 

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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #30 on: June 10, 2010, 07:29:17 AM »
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Name recondition and branding. Like it or hate it Firefox is one of the most used software applications in the world.

But this is not using the Firefox branding, but has it's own name called Timberwolf (and its own logotype?) that is even less known than OWB?

(BTW, What was the reason to this again, I can't remember? Why can't they simply call it Firefox and enjoy the brand recognition?)
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #32 on: June 10, 2010, 12:02:38 PM »
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Will you guys please port/buy/beg/borrow/steal a desktop vidcap tool.  I swear this is the nth Amiga video I have seen that is of the "point the SureShot at the monitor with one hand and work with the other" variety and it's just painful to watch.  1 second in, bam, nope, closed.

So...please :)

Desktop video capture is available for AmigaOS 4, but I don't use it because it does not capture sound output.
If I used it, people would say that the video is faked at faster speed. Desktop capture also takes up resources. Like the AmigaAMP player I used in the background.

Even now, I saw a comment where someone said the video is too slow. Heck then Timberwolf must be faster.

I swear I recorded the video and uploaded it to Youtube directly as taken from the Digital camera memory card (FujiFilm FinePix F50fd 12.0). I was going to record more, but the raw file was already 150 MB and took me an hour to upload.

About the shaking. I looked today for easels at the camera shop. They are not that expensive. I shall buy one, if I am going to record more screens of the Amiga.

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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #33 on: June 10, 2010, 03:15:40 PM »
I'm surprised at how responsive it is. I used to run an old Athlon at 800Mhz with Win2K and Firefox was slow.
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #34 on: June 10, 2010, 06:09:26 PM »
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Everyone knows it's Firefox.

:)



Indeed!

And in the same sense, and by the same logic about branding, everyone at those sites also knows that MorphOS is Amiga NG running on Mac HW! :)
MorphOS is Amiga done right! :)
 

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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #35 on: June 10, 2010, 06:16:44 PM »
Well, to comment the news item itself, I just want to say congratulations to the developers. Looks very good for an Alpha. :)

(Let's not compare it to the latest MorphOS OWB until it at least reach beta ;) )
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #36 on: June 10, 2010, 08:07:04 PM »
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Indeed!

And in the same sense, and by the same logic about branding, everyone at those sites also knows that MorphOS is Amiga NG running on Mac HW! :)


morphos is amigaos code ported to another platform? i think the devs might disagree with all the hard work they put in. i never would have thought you would belittle it.
 

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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #37 on: June 10, 2010, 08:37:03 PM »
@Derf

*MY* point in the discussion (about Timberwolf, *and not* about MorphOS) is solely about TRADE MARKS obviously, not about code.

Like:

"This will make others that are not part of the Amiga scene take Amiga OS 4.1 more seriously". (It's not called Firefox)

"How so?" (It's not called Firefox)

"Name recondition and branding. Like it or hate it Firefox is one of the most used software applications in the world." (It's not called Firefox)

"But this is not using the Firefox branding, but has it's own name called Timberwolf (and its own logotype?) that is even less known than OWB?" (It's not called Firefox)

"Everyone knows it's Firefox.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/06...aOS?art_pos=10
http://www.osnews.com/story/23431/Fi...olf_Goes_Alpha" (It's not called Firefox)

My question is: Why not call it Firefox?
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #38 on: June 10, 2010, 08:43:01 PM »
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My question is: Why not call it Firefox?


Far too much work was put into it by non-Mozilla people to let Mozilla's name stay on it!

Timberwolf: like Firefox, only better!
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #39 on: June 10, 2010, 09:08:26 PM »
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #40 on: June 10, 2010, 09:09:24 PM »
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #41 on: June 10, 2010, 11:34:01 PM »
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Everyone knows it's Firefox.

:)


Well, Firefox was ported to RISCOS years ago with lot of fanfares but it was not enough to push RISCOS forward. It just isnt enough have some branded applications ported over.
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #42 on: June 11, 2010, 12:24:34 AM »
I shall be giving this one a spin sometime tomorrow :)
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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #43 on: June 11, 2010, 01:28:02 AM »
Lazy port. Eg. the toolbar imagery should be using AISS or similar. It doesn't really look like an Amiga app at all.
 

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Re: Timberwolf Alpha 1 released
« Reply #44 from previous page: June 11, 2010, 03:33:49 AM »
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Everyone knows it's Firefox.

:)

http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/06/09/2031216/Timberwolf-aka-Firefox-Alpha-1-For-AmigaOS?art_pos=10

http://www.osnews.com/story/23431/Firefox_on_Amiga_Timberwolf_Goes_Alpha


Did a quick test. I asked five IT-people what is Timberwolf.. none of them couldn't tell ;-)