AmigaOS 4 Screenshots out!

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Hyperion/Amiga Inc have released  preliminary screenshots of AmigaOS 4. They emphasis these are early screenshots and its upto us as Amigans to help decide how it'll end up looking. Check them out here: http://www.os4.hyperion-software.com/.

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...And that sadly will no doubt happen from trolls, who would be the likes that even when AOS4 is out and running on people's machines will go 'But they'll never release it'. Hyperion have shined through time and time again.

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Well, it will likely take them longer than they plan, but it sounds as if it will come.  Never under estimate the power of a small group of people to get something done right.  Remember the original Amiga?

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I think the shock of them are out, hasn't suck in yet ;-)

Its not what i've expected.

But somethings confused me, I`m sure you couldn't move Windows of the edge of the screen, but they are in those screenshots.

I sorta liked it that way, because when a window was maximized is WAS maximized, i..e you couldn't move it.

The menus look really nice, but they need to get rid of that font.

But they'll really need to brush up the look of it, for people to treat it seriously.

At the moment to me it looks like birdie/visualprefs. :-(

But keep up the good work guys, and lets hope it get's released by the end of May (or the begining for in time of my birthday!)

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wow!

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Nice and  clear I start saveingup for an A1  NOW! :-)

Wm.

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I like what I see but, as others have said, the colour scheme sucks  :-P

I reckon there should be something a bit more professional-looking in the final version but, of course, keeping the option to pick from some wild  presets should the user wish.

Just my thoughts and, yes, I do understand this is simply a preview and, yes, I am still VERY excited!  :-D

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I don't like the FAT borders, but I do like the transparent and rounded windows. As a few others have said, it looks like something from the 80's--and while Amiga came from that era, it shouldn't stay in that era.

I want to see more innovative features, and a desktop GUI that attracts attention. I hope the OS gives the ability to easily change the  look of everything on it, from different styles of windows to the textures in them and on their borders. I remember some apps that did that for previous versions of the OS, and hopefully the OS will integrate such features.

I'd like  to see odd-shaped windows be an option, under style of windows, as well as doing a way with the scrollbars on a  window (as an option) in favor of a target field somewhere along the border, allowing for scrolling of content when the mouse pointer is clicked into  it and the mouse is  slid. And I don't see why the OS couldn't support retractable windows or windows that were animated.

Technology has improved so much  since  the 80's, we have more memory and faster CPUs, I don't see a problem with having the OS capable of greater eyecandy. A 1980's-looking Desktop GUI is NOT going to attract much attention when on the showroom floor. People will think 'nostalgia' and most will move on.

Aside from the transparent windows, and the rounded ones, I don't see much new here and that sucks. Things could be MUCH better for the GUI. Someone posted in the  forums under the OS 4 screenshots topic, a link to a mock-up picture of the desktop that looks much better than these. That picture was closer toward the direction I think Amiga OS should head in..

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Hey guy's cool down!  We winge that there are no screen shots for ages then rip them apart when they come out.  Give the Hyperion people some credit, remember this is the first Amiga update for 12 years or whatever.  If I worked there i'd be pretty hacked off to see what peoples response was.

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Check these out:

Gentoo Linux Screenshots

BlackCat Linux Screenshots

IcePack Linux Screenshots

Mandrake Linux Screenshots

Windows Screenshots

Windows Screenshots

Apple OS X Screenshots

Apple OS X Screenshots

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a shame people tend to forget that os v40 is a matter of getting the basics done. getting the code cleared up and converted.

what matters here and now, is how it performs, and little things like the feel, the possibilities of customize things, the windows being able to leave the screen, wheter there is dragable screens and so on.

the sweet eyecandy will be added along the way, and isnt an important factor at the moment.

/stone

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Re chip ram:

Of course they need to have chip ram

OS4 is being developed on PPC equipped Amiga's, which of course have chip ram.

As suggested we will also need emu-chip-ram for old games.

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As for the pics, I'm satisfied they are out, it shows they do have the gui components grafted together in PPC form, instead of hacks.

There is some stuff I'd change on my system, but I always went for the simple GUI. I does look like there are some changable options.

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Transparent windows, rounded corners, dropped shadows and working 2 weeks ago!

This is very very sweet!


Bob C.

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PJ Matthews said:

Well there is OS 4.0, still clearly needs work but not bad huh. Now was that really so hard to release the screen shots? Noooooooooo.

Whats the difference between releasing them before and releasing them now, the difference of a few weeks.

Sometimes you have to make a choice between paying lip service to your fans or doing work. I know which I'd rather they do.

Oh and those transparent menu's make me go all wobbly.

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Well these screenshots were announced before the A1 was said to be finished so its not unsuprising that its being run on an old Amiga, surely this is good news for people with ppc accellerators and Graphics cards.