1. What is Jack?
Jack is many things, Jack could be described as an advanced feature-laden ASL
file-requester replacement, it could also be described as a fantastic
standalone program that makes common tasks so much easier.
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2. Where can I download it?
Jack is available on OS4Depot as we speak. As always please check the upload queue before downloading from the main page to ensure you the most current up-to-date version.
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3. Features
* Comprehensive AmigaOS App-Store*
* Quick access to AmigaOS Preferences
* Screen snapshoter
* Fully-featured Image Editor, includes Batch-image processing
* Speedy access to all your connected devices
* Support for Push4Dock - quick access to your Documents, Images,
Music and more...
* Unique Slideshow mode for viewing your image directories
* Handy Calculator, similar to Spotlight in Mac OS X, its there when you
need it most
* Thesaurus - Learn words in the English Language (requires WordNet).
* Basic file-management, Make New Drawer, Delete, Rename and Add Comment
* Open your files in Helper Applications
* HTTP/HTTPS support for downloading files to a directory before Opening
* Jack can be called entirely from the command line, in this mode it will
act as a modern file requester that retains all the above features.
;; CHANGES SINCE 1.4
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* AppStore v2.0 is introduced in this version.
* Configuration Editor: There is now a complete configuration editor for
helper applications supported by Jack.
Non-Push4Dock users can set the default download path in here. Push4Dock
users cannot edit this field see below.
Configuration is saved in XML format and is compatible with the standard
AmigaOS PrefsObjectEditor which incidentally is also available through
Jack's Quick Access bar.
The configuration file is created on first-run, consequently if the file is
deleted for any reason it will be recreated with the default settings.
NEW FEATURE
* Downloads Assignment: You may have noticed that Jack used to assign
Downloads to RAM: for non-Push4Dock users. This is no longer the case; you
can set the actual download path yourself in the new Configuration Editor.
Push4Dock users will notice that Jack still enforces the Downloads assign to
the appropriate drawer in the Push4Dock installation, this is currently
restricted to the DH1: volume as dedicated by Push4Dock.
This situation will be updated with the next release of Push4Dock or when it
is bundled with AmigaOS whichever comes earlier; this is a hopecast not a
certainty. ENHANCEMENT
* Image Resize Aspect Lock: When asking for custom width/height Jack no
longer crashes when you cancel input. BUGFIX
* Pointers: Jack now uses the Wait Pointer where it is appropriate to do so.
* Open on Workbench: It is now possible to open a drawer on the Workbench
from within Jack. Simply CTRL+Click a drawer.
* Open on Workbench - View By Name: Like above except hold CTRL+SHIFT
Click a drawer.
* Wheel scrolling: In a lot of AmigaOS applications I have noticed that
they don't seem to take into account by how much the wheel is moved the
quicker something is to scroll. If you wish to scroll faster in a directory
with a lot of files, simply hold down the mid button and scroll the wheel
once, when you let go of the wheel it will have jumped further down.
* Non-Push4Dock users will now see ghosted icons and text of the Push4Dock
drawers to encourage them to upgrade to Push4Dock which I highly recommend.
Also the shortcut to the Downloads drawer in the left panel is now available
for everyone thanks to the Configuration Editor. ENHANCEMENT
* Deleting files: It was possible that the lister wouldn't refresh the
drawer. BUGFIX
* Helper File Operations: Correction to handling mixed case extensions.
BUGFIX
* It is now possible again to open local html documents using OpenURL.
BUGFIX
* Calculator: Removed quotes around calculation, caused unexpected results
with multiplication symbol.
* Visit AmigaOS: Correctly opens URL Window without refresh mess from
hidden App Store window. BUG FIX
* Lister: Drawers/files containing the characters [ or ] are replaced with
a hyphen when displayed in the lister, you will still be able to perform
operations as normal on the file(s) in question. This is hopefully a short
term workaround as I cannot seem to get the square brackets to appear
without Jack crashing.
* PageUp/Down: Now operate as expected.
* Datestamps: In rare cases it is not possible to get the date stamp of a
file, a hyphen will now be shown when this happens and also Jack will
no longer crash as a result of this. BUG FIX
* Basic file operations: Yet more error handling for when Jack is unable to
perform an action on a file.
* Jack will now also delete any associated .info file along with the
directory or file. BUG FIX / ENHANCEMENT
