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Title: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: rhino on November 15, 2003, 11:22:23 AM

Mick Sutton of SEAL demonstrated a development version of Amiga OS 4 running on his AmigaOne-XE G4 system at two UK usergroup meetings recently (ANT on Sunday the 9th and SEAL on Friday the 14th).

A report and photos from these demonstrations are now available on the SEAL website (http://www.seal-amiga.co.uk).

Title: Re: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: jd997uk on November 15, 2003, 01:21:55 PM

Was this the latest Beta with the updated icon system (for those not up to speed with the news, Icons now have independant palletes, which gives a better look and apparently speeds up window opening)?
I love the semi-transparent Amidock, it looks excellent.

-john

Title: Re: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: sicky on November 15, 2003, 01:53:39 PM

@ jd997uk

"Was this the latest Beta with the updated icon system"

No, I have been so busy not had time to sort that yet.... next showing will be there :-)

Title: Re: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: Acill on November 15, 2003, 03:39:28 PM

Wow those look great! What is taking so long to get it completed? It looks like its about ready.

Title: Re: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: Tomas on November 15, 2003, 08:48:33 PM

The os sure looks great now.. even the default looks  :-)

Title: Re: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: bloodline on November 15, 2003, 09:37:52 PM

How many Beta testers are there?

Title: Re: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: Argo on November 15, 2003, 10:40:31 PM

none, They are all alpha testers!  :-D

Title: Re: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: AmigaMac on November 16, 2003, 12:41:58 AM

Looks great... looks better than WinXP's Luna  :-D

Title: Re: OS4 on A1 Demo Photos and Report
Post by: theTAO on November 17, 2003, 12:15:16 AM

Yup, looks nice.  I particularly liked the SnoopDos screenshot, since I wasn't sure how the Intuition changes would affect older software.  Verdict: sweet. :-)

I am still trying to understand if the new Intuition is largely just cosmetic (rolling MagicMenu and VisualPrefs into the library), or if it includes practical updates, too...like support for menus that go beyond our current heading -> level 1 -> level 2 system.  Also, I wonder if popup cycle gadgets (in both Gadtools and Reaction?) can now deal with more choices than will fit on the screen.  Anybody know?

Todd