everyone for the hard work. you'll make it!

For those that would like to know what the NSPR is:
Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) provides a platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions. The API is used in the Mozilla client, many of Netscape/AOL/iPlanet's and other software offerings.

More here.

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Good to see the project making progress.

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Glad to see things are moving forward

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If we can get the NSPR passing the tests, then it shouldn't take long to get it running with a GTK GUI, using an native X11 server.

Uh uh. Awesome! Thanks for this update.

http://www.moood.net/amizilla/version2/index.htm -> very nice

Last edited by ikir on 31-Aug-2006 at 09:13 AM.

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good news for amiga browsing :)

Thanks for all. Just put 20 Euros (24USD) to rise the pot and will be waiting
for a port for Amigaos4!

Good to see progress being made, especially in regards to the X11 display, certainly I feel this is the way to go initially to get something running.

Cheers,
Bean.

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Let's hope it becomes a reality some day!

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I think I first read some thing about porting Netscape back in 1992, this project should have finished long time a go, I’m happy that progress is being made on this, from reading the report it sounds like they are working on the right things, internet surfing will be up to date finaly whit the reset of the computer world finally, also the work being done will be useful for later ports of upcoming versions.

I think of this project is as important as AmigaOS4 it self.

There are few other important projects also needed.

* New Mesa port.
* Open Office
* PowerPoint
* Open AI
* New printing system
* Printer Drivers
* Other Drivers PCI, USB2, Firewire, Bluetooth
* Video4Linux?
* Other standards what ever they are.

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Good to hear of progress! Keep up the good work ants etc.

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@Ants
Many thanks for taking the time to give an update on your team's progress.

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This is a great update Ants.

I'm sure I'm not alone in appreciating the hard work all the team are putting in. It doesn't sound easy at all, but it does sound good.

Thanks a lot, FuZion.

@FuZion

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It doesn't sound easy at all, but it does sound good.

Ahem to that FuZion!

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If I could code I'd be the first to help...alas I cannot, since all I learnt is lost. I can bearly remember my 6502 EMMA days. Anyway keep up the good work it truly is appreciated.

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Great work! I wish you good luck for the rest of the work to be done and that there won't be too much problems!
We need a good browser!

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@ All
Thanks everyone for the thumbs up!

@ elwood
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For those that would like to know what the NSPR is:...

Oops, yes forgot to add that in- thanks!

Yep, the NSPR is an abstraction layer for basic OS calls- memory allocation, threads, IP/TCP, file I/O etc- it's the core part of the port!

@ ikir
Yes, it's a lovely design- thanks to Per Lindén for that!

@ Bean
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Good to see progress being made, especially in regards to the X11 display, certainly I feel this is the way to go initially to get something running.

Yep, I agree, it should help get a usable Beta out quicker!

@ NutsAboutAmiga
The Netscape porting project, was a completely different project to AmiZilla- and any work they did, wouldn't really be of any use to us- when Netscape was open-sourced, and became Mozilla, it had a major rewrite and tidy up, as the Netscape code was awful!

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@Ants

Thanks for the update !

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I can't give you any definite time frames on a Beta just yet (it may take 1-3 months, possibly more).

Sounds GREAT !

Jerry

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AOS4 Final Update / AmiZilla 0.1 Alpha

Don't do that! Point out "possibly more" instead since people tends to remember
timeframes really good and forget everything that was writter before or after
that...

@ hotrod
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Don't do that! Point out "possibly more" instead since people tends to remember

Yes exactly rodrod- people shouldn't get too excited just yet- as we still need to do some more playing around, until we get a better idea of where we stand!

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- Ants

Wouldn't it make more sense to take an approach like Camino, and just try to make Gecko work, and build a simple native UI around it, without all the XUL cr*p?

Gecko is certainly no small task as it is, but it's a still a much more manageable project than getting the whole lot running.

Sure, I'd like to have the whole Firefox with all the extensions and everything supported, but realistically isn't it better to have something feasible soon rather than something so big and complex it'll never get finished?

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