Why no updates for OWB on AmigaOS 4.1

[takemehomegrandma]

I'm sure I've read some 'history' about this, but I can't find the full story again, but why hasn't there been any updates after 1.9, while MorphOS is up to 1.18, Why nothing past 2010?

Just use "Timberwolf", the Firefox/Holy Grail of OS4!

:p

[takemehomegrandma]

If we're talking MUI-OWB

There is no such thing.

:evil:

[takemehomegrandma]

@danwood

Since 5 Sep 2011 the browser's name is "Odyssey", before that it simply was "OWB". Never has the official name of the browser been "MUI-OWB" AFAIK, that's just some OS4 community make-up name to separate Fab's browser from completely unrelated ones with similar names, but again - since 5 Sep 2011 there hasn't been any *need* for make-up names, since no web browser for AmigaOS has a similar name as Odyssey, so there is no reason not to use its *proper* name!

[takemehomegrandma]

And guys, please don't mention MorphOS in this thread. It might draw tmhgm's attention.

That would be bad!

:lol:

[takemehomegrandma]

Come on, there's no need to be pedantic about it. "MUI-OWB" came about to differentiate it from the original OS4 port. Everyone knows what it means and it helps to prevent confusion between the multiple forks.

Well since 5 Sep 2011 the browser is officially named (and known as) Odyssey, and one of the reasons for the new name was to prevent confusions, so why not call it by its real name?

:confused:

It has (according to Fab) practically nothing to do with "Origyn Web Browser" anymore, since quite some time before the name change already (which was one of the reasons to the name change in the first place), and to still call it "MUI-OWB" today is to suggest it would merely be some recompile of "Origyn", only with a different GUI engine (like: "MUI instead of Reaction").

Which of course couldn't be further from the truth! It's not a "fork" at all! :evil:

It was only some month ago I saw some post at AW.net that confused/mixed up Odyssey with some OS4 "Origyn" (OWB) compilation, most certainly because of the poor MUI-OWB "name", which IMHO is to *belittle* Fab's effort quite gravely, since Odyssey is a uniquely developed (and maintained) browser based on Webkit, with huge amounts of efforts put into it over these years, and nothing like the various ports of "Origyn" at all. And here *you* are, talking about "preventing confusion between different forks"! "Original OS4 port"?! Come on! You are making my case!

There is nothing "pedantic" about this, Odyssey is a unique Amiga development. It's probably the single most important application developed for Amiga in modern times (relatively speaking), a lot of *real* development efforts (as opposed to the "quick porting" efforts we are used to today) was put into it, and it deserves to be called by its *proper* name (a name that has been here for a *very* long time by now), and not to be confused with some cheap "Origyn" port (suggesting it's a "fork" of some kind).

The fact that "Odyssey Web Browser" gets shortened the same way is not the point, that part was probably even a bit of a joke anyway. But to avoid all kinds of confusion, while still paying proper amount of respect to it, just call it Odyssey! It's as simple as that! Not difficult at all!