Amiga.org may be running out of time

[cicero790]

@Wayne
I hope everything goes well, so there will be no Amiga version of the Alexandria library incident. I’m curious of the new ideas but at the same time, understand that there is a legacy here to respect and consider. The option Darrin told of is perhaps a way to start from scratch and yet keep everything.  Hope it works out anyway somehow.

[Tenacious]

Wayne, thanks for all of your unseen efforts to create and maintain this gathering place for Amiga users. Being one of the 8%, I have really benefitted from and enjoyed the site through the years.  This is not "Goodbye" of course, but a vote of confidence in what you decide to do.  Everything has a life cycle, even Yahoo was Amiga friendly until last year.  I have other platforms to follow the site as required.  I simply prefer Amigas, but I'm not a fanatic. (Big toothy grin)    

[gurthuk]

I'd be happy if the site worked with Safari. I always get 400 error from the Apache server whenever I get futher in from the index page.

I second Tenacious - everything moves on, this will bring improvements to the site, the people behind it and in front will be the same.

[Krusher]

Wayne, you call all people not to panic, but yet you did. How hard is it to set up a PHP5 server and a.org on it to test if it's running like it always did?
I even have an obscure Windows based webserver, running PHP5 and Xoops 2, and it just runs fine.

[Tenacious]

I meant what I wrote about life cycles, however, if it is doable and  doesn't cost Wayne extra work, I would choose compatibility with iBrowse over the latest browsing trends.  Any of us can visit a million different other sites to see the latest in web fashion.  Next year, the trends will change again.  

If you think about it in a different way, this site is very successful.  It has a dedicated following, a great deal of traffic every day and a long history.  Sites with the latest technology are not guaranteed to be significant or relevant or visited.

It seems appropriate that a site about Amigas should probably be accessable by an Amiga.  If it aint going to break, I vote to not fix it.  Grin.

[AmigaMance]

It seems appropriate that a site about Amigas should probably be accessable by an Amiga.

 How did you came up with this insane notion? You lack common sense if you ask me. :-x

[Claw22000]

Wayne you rule.  You made a site that brings people of a flavor of computer that should have ruled the world together.  But it lost the battle for domination.  Now its a great hobby.

Most mechanics have a 50's car in the garage.  Amigians have there old puters.  Theirs nothings wrong with the preservation of a great technology.  However making this site something easier for you to manage should be well respected by all.  You do the work and from I can tell don't take any money for doing so.  Why should you feel the need to work harder instead  of smarter.

I would think it can't be that hard to take the data collected here and find a way to take guides and convert them.  The average daily post.  Let them die.

Keep the knowledge and let the chatter die.  

Simple an sweat.

But what do I know just a noob.

 :-D

[skurk]

gurthuk wrote:
I'd be happy if the site worked with Safari. I always get 400 error from the Apache server whenever I get futher in from the index page.

Uh, I've been visiting this site with Safari for years, never had any issues with it.  Sounds like a PEBKAC related problem.

[buzz]

I dropped html3 in favour of xhtml/css for the exotica. Maintaining such antiquated stuff, makes for hard work (and ugly code). I suggest moving to modern standards. People should not expect a website to look nice on their 15 year old browser technology!

[pjhutch]

If you use IBrowse or Aweb or Voyager then you shoudl switch to the Webkit based OWB browser which you can get from here:

(OS4) http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=browse&cat=network/browser

(OS3/4) http://strohmayer.org/owb/

[klx300r]

Wayne, ya gotta do what ya gotta do :hammer:
I don't care much for modern flashy sites..simple is better IMHO and the classic Amiga evryday users will find a way to access the new site..shit 'finding a way' has been the Amiga motto since day one..LONG LIVE AMIGA.ORG :pint:

[Rebel-CD32]

pjhutch wrote:
If you use IBrowse or Aweb or Voyager then you shoudl switch to the Webkit based OWB browser which you can get from here:

(OS4) http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=browse&cat=network/browser

(OS3/4) http://strohmayer.org/owb/

OWB won't run on my Amiga. In fact, I doubt it would run on anything less than the most souped-up 060, and even then it'd be slow. I know it works through UAE, but that's not real Amiga hardware. 68k Amiga owners still need to use IBrowse or AWeb these days.

[downix]

Wayne, if you need to test, I have a PHP5 based server already setup that is at your disposal.

[pjhutch]

I know, OWB gobbles up memory like Windows does :/
I also have IBrowse, a version 3 (or 4) has been over due for a long time. There has been no news of a new version for a long time.
I hope Amiga.org will still be accessible for all browsers as long as you stick to standards (leave out CSS and other flashy stuff) we should be fine.

[r0jaws]

Oh the irony of an Amiga dedicated Website that won't actually support the Amiga anymore. :-P

[amigagr]

@Wayne: go ahead and may the force be with you :pint: