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SoundSquare 
Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 14:28:12
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@The_Editor

firmware got updated by the previous owner.
i'll go for update 4 then. thx

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
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I think it would make a good article

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 14:59:02
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@FuZion

Very good review, one can feel OS4 through it. Enjoy it!

BTW, OS4 Upd#4, IBrowse 2.4... ;¬)

Saluditos,

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
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@FuZion

Link to your review here on OS news

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 16:03:27
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Now that i've got a near orgasm experience moving screens in all directions (it seems nothing at first but it was the reason I prefered to open all apps on the workbench before update 4. Now i can fully enjoy multiple screens, moving them when i want to read/write two things at once),

I've got a first list of things i'd like to be fixed for the final release:
(because we amigans are in a forever quest for perfection :) )

_ The find command: it would be cool if the added paths were automaticaly saved.
_ The Pop-up menu: should have the same look that the normal menu (eg: here normal menu have round edges with black borders but popup menu have square edges with white borders)
_ When i edit Amidock, if the "hotkey" field is not active (because no object is selected) and if i click on it, i've got a "Amidock Problem: The entered hotkey was illegal" warning!?
_ Amidock again: i'd like a "outline font", a "always on front" and a "show amidock on every screens" options...
_ WBPattern prefs: why can we only choose between 8 colors? An option for having a gradient background, like in the GUI prefs would be nice too.
_ AutoUpdateWB should be included.
_ Prefs: more simple please! -> Merge "sound" and "ahi", merge all printer options, merge picasso and screenmode etc...

... ok it's all for the moment, the rest is perfect!

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 16:23:50
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@FuZion

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What an awesome job you & the team have done on this. Excellent work... Really!

Thank you, I tried my best. Actually I am not satisfied with the results in every aspects, especially when it comes to Cinema4D. Yet I have some tweaking to apply, so hopefully there will be some speedups in certain apps in the final OS4.

Don't forget the sayin':
"There is an hour-glass pointer in AmigaOS, just nobody has ever seen it yet."

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 16:52:05
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@dauber

Quote:

dauber wrote:

- NewsCoaster -- HUGE improvement in speed. My test was basically downloading from a binary group and joining the file.


Oh, hey, that reminds me.
Maybe I should release that port to OS4 I did for NewsCoaster. ....
Or, considering your results, maybe not.

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FuZion 
Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 17:12:26
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Thanks for all your comments everyone,

As you can read, it was a spur of the moment thing & there's loads more to test out. Hope you liked the pics too. I'm still stunned by what HD-Rec was doing. More tracks & effects tonight.

FuZion.

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
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@dauber

My experience was the exact opposite. I originally tried to install over my existing and the problem I had was that once I was finished with the install, I could open up drawers, but I was not able to open up anything inside a drawer window. The moment the cursor moved over a window then the cursor would change to a cross with arrows in all directions.

I then loaded from scratch on a newly formated partition of the disk. Worked much better. I found the culprit though. It happened to be the commodity that allows you to resize a screen from any side of a window. When I ran this commodity from my old system backup it did the same thing. So if anyone else has that experience check the startup for that commodity program.

Haven't had too much in the way of time to spend playing with it, but I did manage to run the TVPaint program and I was really impressed with the speed. It is now my favorite paint program for now.

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
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@nzv58l

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The moment the cursor moved over a window then the cursor would change to a cross with arrows in all directions.


I've got the same problem, it's because of the commodities AutoBorderSize, in your WbStartup drawer.
You have to delete (or put between '()' ) the tooltype "MOVEWINDOW".

Oh, and to click on something when you have this cursor, press the Ctrl key.

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 19:18:13
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@Keyserling

> Prefs: more simple please! -> [...] merge all printer options,

PrinterPS is the Prefs editor for PRINTERS:PostScript, it doesnt make sense
to integrate that into Printer, the options would only confuse users that
dont use the PostScript printer driver.

PrinterGfx is already merged into Printer, its icon is just a starter for
Printer on clicktab page 2, the "program" itself is just a shell script for
backwards compatibility.

> merge picasso and screenmode etc...

IMHO it never makes sense to integrate an "object editor" into an
"object selector". You dont integrate a font installer into the Font
prefs editor, you dont integrate an editor into MultiView, you dont
integrate a keymap editor into the Input prefs editor etc.

Currently an A1 can only use P96 screenmodes, but OS4 on a classic can also
use AGA, maybe a future version of OS4 may support CGFX screenmodes or SNAP
screenmodes, so IMHO we should not merge P96Mode and ScreenMode.

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Bean 
Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 19:36:11
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@TetiSoft

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we should not merge P96Mode and ScreenMode.


I agree. In any case the P96Mode seems fairly redundant now seeing as you can
just add modes to the Monitor tool type (see instructions how to switch to
this method)

It is now very easy to properly set up new screenmodes without having to go
through the painful P96 GUI.

Cheers,
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wegster 
Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 19:42:05
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@Keyserling

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_ The find command: it would be cool if the added paths were automaticaly saved.

You can do this. Settings/Save Settings in the Find app once you deselt and/or add the paths you want...

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Chris_Y 
Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 21:02:15
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@Bean

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I agree. In any case the P96Mode seems fairly redundant now seeing as you can
just add modes to the Monitor tool type (see instructions how to switch to
this method)


It should be shifted into Tools. It's a screenmode editing tool, not a prefs editor.

Oh, and there should be an option in Screenmode prefs where you can add select and change the screenmodes that appear in the monitor tooltypes.

Chris


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Posted on 9-Feb-2006 21:02:46
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Juhuu, PPT (see Aminet) works again with OS4d

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 21:17:57
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@nzv58l

Yes i had exactly the same thing and noticed if i pressed CTRL it would change to an arrow while i held it down.
I formatted and started again also.

Now Ibrowse doesnt scroll using my USB mouse which it did before.
Everything else works.

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Keyserling 
Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 21:40:37
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Keyserling: The find command: it would be cool if the added paths were automaticaly saved.

Wegster: You can do this. Settings/Save Settings in the Find app once you deselt and/or add the paths you want...


? Strange... with my clean install, the added path is remove every time a quit/relaunch the find command, even if I save the setting. :?

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Re: AmigaOS4 Update 4 - Feedback & Tests
Posted on 9-Feb-2006 21:56:21
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@FuZion

Nice write up there FuZion! Kudos to you sir!

I've installed Update 4 today. Overall, a nice update. The JIT is particularly fantastic on Cinema4D, which is also a lot more stable. However, I have had some freezing issues with IBrowse and a couple of Grims on the input.device.

:edit
OT: Resi4... Mmm, nice! Is that the PS2 or GamCube version?

:edit2
Got some redrawing issues with AmiDock on bootup. The background doesn't seem to grab the Workbench backdrop in time to create it's "transparency". This happens from a cold boot rather than warm boot.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a219/amipal/Amiga/amidockgone.jpg

Last edited by amipal on 09-Feb-2006 at 10:01 PM.
Last edited by amipal on 09-Feb-2006 at 09:56 PM.

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Posted on 9-Feb-2006 22:03:51
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@all

I just added a quick First impressions... But I certainly do not have the talent of FuZion !

Jerry

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Posted on 9-Feb-2006 22:05:07
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@Keyserling


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Wegster: You can do this. Settings/Save Settings in the Find app once you deselt and/or add the paths you want...


? Strange... with my clean install, the added path is remove every time a quit/relaunch the find command, even if I save the setting. :?


Ahh heck, you're right. It does save which devices are selected for search, but it doesn't keep any additional paths added. Looks like a bug to me...?

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