Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 2nd Jun 2003 06:10 UTC
No, BeOS is not dead as many will speed to the forums and proclaim. YellowTAB's Zeta is the true inheritor of BeOS 5's fortune, as it is based directly on Dano/EXP's codeline (which was supposed to be BeOS 6 but was never finished as Be sold its IP to Palm). At last, I got my hands on Zeta Beta-5a, and here is what I found and think of it so far. You might need to have some experience with BeOS in order to follow this article, but screenshots are included to make it easier for everyone.
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1. What the hell is up with the installer? I mean, not being able to pick source and target? Talk about dropping a really nice feature. Also, I take it Drive Setup is gone, or at least been made such a weak duck that it won't let a sure resize or remove/create other types of partions?
2. Make an amazing Word .doc translator, and life will be a little easier for some of us.
3. I think offering Dockbert to the user is just fine, I've never used it but it doesn't seem like a bad way to go about things.
4. Font rendering, for most of us, isn't that impressive in Dano, I hope it gets some targetting, that it would become worse in Zeta is distressing. I assume you played with the Rendering options in the font previews? (if it works, I saw in the review how some things are broken in there, this might be one of those items).
5. Best of luck to YellowTab and the coders out there helping them try to make the best BeOS they can.