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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #149 on: October 12, 2010, 01:13:45 PM »
Whilst I don't condone cracking IBrowse there really is no reason in this time of free domain registration and advertising free website hosting and free paypal e-commerce HTML code for buttons.

1. Register a domain
2. Write a simple website.
3. Stick PayPal buy it now buttons on site
4. When you receive payment reply to purchasers email with a working key

1-3 would take half a day at most and 30 minutes if you don't care how smart your website looks. It's not rocket science, and it's a bit dumb not to do it. Costs you nothing more than 3.7% PayPal commission too, so the only reason is nobody bothered to do this.

Why turn away customers wanting a simple key to activate demo software when you can automate 90% of it and have it out there in the world of commerce for ZERO cost?
 

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #150 on: October 12, 2010, 02:18:02 PM »
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Whilst I don't condone cracking IBrowse there really is no reason in this time of free domain registration and advertising free website hosting and free paypal e-commerce HTML code for buttons.

1. Register a domain
2. Write a simple website.
3. Stick PayPal buy it now buttons on site
4. When you receive payment reply to purchasers email with a working key

1-3 would take half a day at most and 30 minutes if you don't care how smart your website looks. It's not rocket science, and it's a bit dumb not to do it. Costs you nothing more than 3.7% PayPal commission too, so the only reason is nobody bothered to do this.

Why turn away customers wanting a simple key to activate demo software when you can automate 90% of it and have it out there in the world of commerce for ZERO cost?


Ahem, yes,.
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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #151 on: October 12, 2010, 02:29:45 PM »
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Ahem, yes, *cough*.

 
This is against posting guidlines and TOS I think
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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #152 on: October 12, 2010, 04:32:30 PM »
I dont browse the web using my Amiga for anywhere close to 30 minutes because web browsing using iBrowse sucks anyway. Why bother when my Amiga 4000 is sitting next to my iMac 21.5" :P

With regards to the 30 days limit, screw them, i just have my clock set to like 1979 or something.
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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #153 on: October 12, 2010, 04:52:50 PM »
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This is against posting guidlines and TOS I think


Why? iBrowse is a dead software...
 

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #154 on: October 12, 2010, 05:06:56 PM »
Oh noes. Quick. someone posted a link to a google search. Bring in the Amiga Police!
 

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #155 on: October 12, 2010, 05:33:38 PM »
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Oh, something has changed, I closed my order for over 30 copies...

I realize it's way too late, but you could take what would be spent on those 30 copies and offer a "bounty" on what you are looking for feature-wise....

Be it, "add CSS to AWeb" or ????

Just a thought...

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #156 on: October 12, 2010, 05:58:58 PM »
I would pay a few moon rocks for an even slightly enhanced 68K browser. Or re-release...
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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #157 on: October 12, 2010, 07:42:05 PM »
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I realize it's way too late, but you could take what would be spent on those 30 copies and offer a "bounty" on what you are looking for feature-wise....


First time I made this offer was before I started this thread over 2 years ago!
At this time it was not too late and many members from the a1k forum really want to have a legal version... I never got feedback and now, most of them are no more interested, thank you to google!

I will never understand the iBrowse team, they could still sell this product, but because of their stupidness, they just lost many thousand of euros... some people still have to much money. :)
 

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #158 on: October 13, 2010, 12:53:58 AM »
Ibrowse no longer works, paid for my version, gave up on it a long long time ago

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Errr, no.

Use the time limited version or the demo for now, continue to be patient and continue trying to contact the developers.

Otherwise, chances are, there will be no Ibrowse v3.

Why kill off development of the best Amiga Browser, and the only native one still in development?
 

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #159 on: October 07, 2012, 01:18:41 PM »
2 years later! Many people are now using a key that was a long time available via Google search (is no more available)... No news about a legal registration, no news about a version 3 release.

I will never understand it!
 

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #160 on: October 07, 2012, 03:34:39 PM »
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2 years later! Many people are now using a key that was a long time available via Google search (is no more available)... No news about a legal registration, no news about a version 3 release.

I will never understand it!


Yes it looks like it is a dead end. I been reading the thread, it is a shame there is no version 3 release.
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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #161 on: October 07, 2012, 04:38:36 PM »
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I will never understand it!



I know this will be unpopular, but what don't you understand?  In fact, I think it is perfectly clear why they dropped the Amiga and why new developers are not writing new software for the Amiga.  There is no money in it!

Writing a good piece of software is no small task and and my time is pretty valuable (I like to eat, my kids too!).  So when you think about writing a browser for the Amiga with  modern features, I just don't see how you can make any money from it.

I just do not think there are enough Classic Amiga Users left to sustain this.  I mean it's either going to sell a bunch of copies or each copy is going to be pretty damn expensive.

I write commercial software on the side and the Amiga market would be suicide at this point.

As somebody in this ancient post said, the die hards are going to have to learn to program and divide up the work.  If you want a decent browser with modern features on classic Amiga I would start dividing up the project now.

Somebody mentioned a bounty and that might inspire a die hard Amiga programmer to write a new browser but even in a labor of love that is no small task.

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #162 on: October 07, 2012, 05:06:30 PM »
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what don't you understand?

He doesn't want to understand, that's his problem. In contrast to what he claimed in 2008 (beginning of the thread), IBrowse developers were (and probably still are, I'm not going to verify) still responding to inquiries.

And in contrast to what he claims now, there has actually been a statement regarding IBrowse's future:

http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2009-11-00041-EN.html

All this bitching didn't achieve anything in 2008 (except pissing off the remaining active IBrowse developers - I was sitting next to one of them in IRC when he started shouting), and it doesn't achieve anything today.

IBrowse is dead because Burstroem doesn't care anymore. That's bad luck, but it's not like this is a new phenomenon. Bundle the browser with OS3, Miami and any FTP client of your choice - and you got a whole system that isn't supported or legally available anymore.
 

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #163 on: October 07, 2012, 06:19:57 PM »
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He doesn't want to understand, that's his problem.
To be fair, he wasn't asking for a new version.
He was just asking for someone to take his group's money and sell them keyfiles for the existing version....

I think it's a bit silly that someone couldn't set up an automated system for that, or give the code generator to someone like Amigakit or someone else to handle it.  
But they obviously gave it all up...
Oh well..

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Re: Should we really crack IBrowse 2.4???
« Reply #164 from previous page: October 07, 2012, 06:47:39 PM »
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