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Re: Timberwolf Progress Update
« on: August 08, 2011, 01:30:07 PM »
Quote from: Framiga;653660
ear, ear! porting OWB was a huge task while porting FF was/is trivial?


That depends on the quality of the port. If you add a few ifdefs and type "make" and you get an alien thingie that doesn't use Amiga UI, doesn't use Amiga libraries, doesn't use Amiga locale, is slow etcetera... you'll get a poor port.

Examples of poorly done ports:
OS4 OWB ports (specially the first ones that relied on SDL)
Firefox for OS4

Examples of excellent ports:
Netsurf for OS4
Odissey for MorphOS

ATM Odissey runs rings around all existing Amiga browsers so you can safely say that porting it took much more work than porting Firefox.

BTW coder skills also affect the quality of the port and Fab is a great coder and his products are great too (MPlayer, Odissey...). His two most famous ports are probably the best ports done to any platform.
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Re: Timberwolf Progress Update
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2011, 03:15:48 PM »
Quote from: AmigaNG;653785
Is it just me, or are a few MorpthOS fans getting a bit high and mighty.

To me its as simple as
Timberwolf is great news for AmigaOS4 users/fans and
Odyssey is great news for MorphOS users/fans.

so whats the problem?


The problem is that Firefox port is still very alpha and some people think that a quick port like Firefox is comparable to a proper browser like Odissey. Firefox on any amiga platform is good news but comparing it to a proper browser is not a very balanced view
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