A600GS Updates

[amigakit]

Sorry for the pause with updates.  A very large development project which has been much requested will be added to AmiBench in August…

Stand by !

[Twiggy]

Sounds exciting. Who wants to wildly speculated on the features that'll be rolled out for Amibench?

More ARM library magic?
Package manager?
Themes?

I'm not sure what's been much requested.

[AmigaOldskooler]

Sounds exciting. Who wants to wildly speculated on the features that'll be rolled out for Amibench?

More ARM library magic?
Package manager?
Themes?

I'm not sure what's been much requested.

I'll bet on a browser!

[Twiggy]

I'll bet on a browser!

If the history of this thread is anything to go by, I think you're right. That'd be a hell of an undertaking

[Twiggy]

Sounds exciting. Who wants to wildly speculated on the features that'll be rolled out for Amibench?

More ARM library magic?
Package manager?
Themes?

I'm not sure what's been much requested.

Is there a set date in August for this update? Cheers

[AmigaOldskooler]

If the history of this thread is anything to go by, I think you're right. That'd be a hell of an undertaking

They did it, it was a browser.

[Twiggy]

Indeed. I wonder what the tech is under the hood. Some AROS M68K browser UI that points to an ARM Linux engine to render everything?

Edit: Apparently not: "no Linux rabbit hole here."

[amigakit]

It’s not an AROS Browser.  We have developed the user interface using MUI making sure it is Zune compatible.

[Twiggy]

Ah cool! So it's written from scratch? Sounds very intriguing.

[amigakit]

The following software updates for the A600GS and  A1200NG have been uploaded today through the in-built live update system.  They are available to download for all registered AmiSphere users:


46.2.1212  (07/08/2025):

A600GS / A1200NG:
* Add ArmDBUS library
* Add ArmCEF library
* Add infrastructure to allow login to AmiSphere from 68k user space via DBUS (preparation for future AmiStore functionailty)
* Add selected config options to WHDBoot games, the options added should be those that are not overriden by the built in database,
* Fix possible crash in GUI when games was deleted by one of its settings panels still referenced.

System V46:

* Add pre-release version of AmiBrowser to Sys:Utilities
* Add AmiBrowser icon to AB-Dock
* Update UnArchiver to 46.5
* Add GetHostVar command to retrieve host environment variables.
* Add AmiSphereFetch command

Amiberry:

* Add extensions to uaenative.library


Notes:

Please be patient while the AmiBrowser data files are downloaded and installed (2GB size).

AmiBrowser is at pre-release status.  File downloading and ASL Requesters have not yet been added.

[SkulleateR]

Pretty good, I´m impressed by the usability already ... side note : F12 isn´t working anymore after running AmiBrowser

Just a quick question : where is website data stored (since there is no context menu to look at right now) ??

[Ianoakley]

I concur with your comments regarding f12 or equivalent on 1200 but wanted more testing time before reporting. However I do note comments about browser is still in pre development with an update in 2 weeks time. The devs has earned a well deserved break!
Only a quick play after download and runs nicely on both systems.
It’s good to see a newly developed browser for the next generation Amigas. Timberwolf for ppc systems showed promise but bit the dust and probably had a significant amount of resources thrown at it so all credit for this new browser.

[SkulleateR]

I concur with your comments regarding f12 or equivalent on 1200 but wanted more testing time before reporting. However I do note comments about browser is still in pre development with an update in 2 weeks time. The devs has earned a well deserved break!

No complaint here, just wanted to point that out ...

[E5150]

A600GS. Confirming F12 does not work after AmiBrowser is launched