Club Amiga Magazine -- March issue now online

[Kay]

Hmm, the document comes up empty here...guess I'll try again in an hour or so. :-/

Kay

[Kay]

It's online now, 20 pages of it. I'm off to read it ('bout smegging time they made an update)...:-)

> That`ll teach me! :-D

Heh, don't worry. I'm quite impressed that you managed to report it before they had uploaded it completely. :-)

Kay

[Kay]

@Hondo_DK:

If you are a Club Amiga member, it should be quite easy to find. Just go to os.amiga.com and follow the link in the relevant news item.

I'm currently reading about the new AmiDock, and I must say WOW! What was once a simple dock utility has become a program control power tool. This is actually worth the $50 I paid for it...:-D

Kay

[Kay]

Done reading through it! I must say this newsletter strikes me as being a very good idea. It's well-written, informative, and motivating. The bit I liked the most in this issue was the one about AmiDock and application.library. If any OS4 developers are reading this, I'd like to ask: Who came up with the idea of application.library? Whoever it was deserves a medal and a cash price. :-D

Kay

[Kay]

> I'll be honest, I've never found the AmiDock that useful a tool in so far as I've used it.

Well, I use the 3.9 version as my main way of starting applications. It's a simple program which does the job well.

> Maybe an enhanced one will be more impressive.

It WILL. The new version is a lot (and I mean a LOT) more flexible, and thanks to application.library, it will offer functionality which has previously been sorely missing in AmigaOS.

Kay

[Kay]

> I have the 3.9 version, and just found it gets in the way.

That sounds mighty odd to me. I think it is totally unobtrusive. It just sits at the bottom of my WB, giving me one-click access to 22 of my most frequently used programs.

> Now, if they enhance it, with say OS/2's Taskbar, or even NeXT's taskbar functionality,
> then it might be useful.

Haven't used those OS's, what functionality are you thinking of? Anyway, I find it kind of odd that you don't find a dock utility which works properly the least bit useful. Then again, you didn't think getting SNAP integrated in OS4 was very useful either.

Kay