A-EON Technology Acquires Amiga.org

[Boot_WB]

@Trev

awesome! i'd be great to see some of the members come back.

-- eliyahu

Stability will help, and this buyout hopefully secures a stable future for Amiga.org for many years.
The Google search results redirect-to-ad crap has gone, which makes the site much more accessible again.
Fewer bizarre dramas are likely to occur than over the last few years, which makes your (mods) jobs a lot easier, and makes visiting more worthwhile for everyone.

All good so far from what I can see.

[Boot_WB]

@TMHG

no offense meant. i was trying to handle this with a little humor.

Careful now!

[Boot_WB]

Well if some one says some thing that is incorrect, then some one will disagree with that, some people don't want to sit back, and see incorrect information being spread.

As I see it a service to the once who are interested that they get correct information.

There are those who are accused of trolling by doing exactly this, although from their point of view they are enlightening potential customers to the shortcomings of the product.

The solution to the problem does not lie in some written rule, it lies in softening attitudes and reducing sensitivities to criticism.

What derails the thread: the single cirtical post, the dozens of over-sensitive reactions, or the combination of the two?

[Boot_WB]

A practical idea... why not create a "free speech" thread where people can discuss without heavy censoring. It could be off the main page and nobody is forced to read it if he do not like it (of course not insulting people like "xyz is a idiot/stupid" and so on

Another option is defaulting to an expanded threaded view, where posts (and replies) can be collapsed/expanded according to the users wishes. Some +/- 'helpful post' voting system could be used to define which (if any) posts are collapsed by default.

That's about the only combination of 'I want my free speech' and 'I don't want to have to read that crap again' that I can think of.

Would that even work with Amiga browsers though?

[Boot_WB]

It depends of the forum software

I remember in the past great efforts were made to keep the site compatible with Amiga browsers. What is this baseline in practical terms? What is the most 'advanced' browser on Amiga these days (did Netscape make it to 68K)?

Although in any case it would be pretty easy to offer a redirect to an Amiga-browser friendly site for older browsers, whilst offering a more modern site by default.

[Boot_WB]

I recall trying the main site on my A2000 under IBrowse a few weeks ago and had a lot of issues, however at the recommendation of a user here I tried it through a proxy (which stripped out some stuff), which worked perfectly.  Sorry I'm not in front of my Miggy right now or I could give you exact details, but that seems the best way to add new features while maintaining compatibility with older systems.

I still use iBrowse occasionally! Seem to have lost my keys (1.1, 2.x) somewhere along the way though.

[Boot_WB]

@amigakit

Why not support morphos on your store?. In many european countries 2nd hand ppc macs are still expensive and hard to find, refurbised ppc macs with expansion cards, hd... at good prices can be a good idea.

High risk of buying non-working/malfunctioning hardware when sourcing second hand;
High manpower-per-unit required to clean/service/test them prior to resale;
Lots of risk providing any kind of warranty with used hardware;
Paying postage twice (once at purchase, once at resale);
combined with:
People can pick them up for next to nothing on Ebay.

I've thought of doing it myself, but there's just no (or not enough) profit to be made.