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Report of the Swiss ‘AmigaOS4 on Tour’ Presentation in Basel

Mike Bouma 2003-06-23 Amiga & AROS 14 Comments

For the 21st of June, there was an 'AmigaOS4 on Tour' event planned for Basel. I travelled from Holland to Switzerland to write an extensive report for AmigaWorld.net regarding this event.

Interview with Matthew Kille – AmigaOS 4.0 GUI Designer

Mike Bouma 2003-06-17 Amiga & AROS 16 Comments

AmigaWorld.net has interviewed Matthew Kille, the founder of the software company Zeoneo who is also the designer of the default AmigaOS4 graphical user-interface. His company developes both for AmigaOS4 and the Amiga Digital Environment. Please note however that the currently presented AmigaOS4 GUI at various 'OS4 on Tour' events is not yet finalised. This includes a couple of the common UI components and the main overall color scheme.

Five More Official Amiga OS4 Screenshots

Mike Bouma 2003-06-14 Amiga & AROS 71 Comments

AmigaWorld.net has posted 5 new official AmigaOS4 screenshots. The latest shots show several appearance differences regarding the GUI. Saturday there's an AmigaOS4 on Tour event planned to be held in Augsburg, Germany.

Introducing the OpenAmiga Development Standard; MorphOS News

Submitted by mdma 2003-06-11 Amiga & AROS 47 Comments

Open Amiga is an effort to create a standard for the Amiga that developers and users alike can use in their quest for the perfect Amiga platform.

New AmigaOS4 Screenshots Revealed

Mike Bouma 2003-06-07 Amiga & AROS 55 Comments

AmigaWorld.net has posted 4 new official AmigaOS4 screenshots. The latest screenshots were taken on an A4000 with PPC upgrade, running ExecSG and showing much of the default intuition look and Font Anti-Aliasing as is being demonstrated at AmigaOS4 on Tour events held across Europe. Larger scale versions of these screenshots should soon become available at the official AmigaOS website. Update: Higher quality images have been uploaded! (1024x768 in PNG format)

Amiga File System: Past, Present and Future

Mike Bouma 2003-06-03 Amiga & AROS 17 Comments

Amiga has released an extensive CAM article regarding the history of the Amiga file system. The article is written by Olaf Barthel, a leading figure within the AmigaOS4 development team. Upcoming Saturday the 'AmigaOS4 on Tour' events will start in Europe, but the highlight Amiga event this summmer is planned for 26th and 27th of July at the AmiWest show in California.

Interview with AmiStart author Darius Brewka

Mike Bouma 2003-06-02 Amiga & AROS 10 Comments

AmigaWorld interviewed Darius Brewka, the author of a StartMenu utility named AmiStart for classic AmigaOS. A screenshot shows that this is one of the better looking application launchers available for the classic OS, features include background-patterns, transparency and antialiased TrueType fonts support. Also Pixload4, a docking utility for classic AmigaOS and MorphOS has been released.

AROS Status Update

Submitted by Fabio Alemagna 2003-05-26 Amiga & AROS 23 Comments

Fabio writes: "Another whole month has gone by, which means that it's time for another status update. Read more about it, and also check the screenshot showing the Zune real time gradients in action!"

Ben Hermans of Hyperion Entertainment Interviewed

Submitted by Ruben Monteiro 2003-05-21 Amiga & AROS 28 Comments

Ben Hermans, project manager for AmigaOS4 has been interviewed by the Amiga.org staff.
Update: Ben has agreed with nOMAAM of Amiga.org on interviewing him once every 3/4 weeks, until the release of AmigaOS4.

3000 USD for First Programmer to Port Mozilla to AmigaOS

Mike Bouma 2003-05-20 Amiga & AROS 34 Comments

The CEO of DiscreetFX will pay 3000+ USD to the first developer(s) to port the current version of Mozilla to AmigaOS. Read the announcement for the details and people can provide Bill suggestions here at the AmigaWorld.net portal. Update: The money pot is now at $3000+ and rising.

Amiga OS4 on Tour

Mike Bouma 2003-05-18 Amiga & AROS 43 Comments

Amiga OS4 will finally be presented to the general public and the first OS4 events are sheduled for June. Also Fleecy answered 10 more community questions for his 10th weekly Q&A.

Lots of Interest Reported for New Amiga Solutions in Italy & Germany

Mike Bouma 2003-05-11 Amiga & AROS 28 Comments

Quantum Leap has written a small report regarding VirtualWorks and Soft3's presence at the Italian Webb.it show. The report includes some pictures of the AmigaOne and AmigaOS4 modules running with classic hardware. A lot of Amiga interest in Italy is being reported and PPCNUX.de recently reported that the AmigaOne is selling very well in Germany. And this week’s Q&A session with Amiga’s CTO covers various topics at the AmigaWorld community portal.

Fleecy Clears Up Amiga OS4 Ownership Rumours

Mike Bouma 2003-05-04 Amiga & AROS 78 Comments

Within last week's Q&A session Amiga's CTO already cleared up the strategic reasoning behind transferring the AmigaOS4 ownership to Hyperion. Within this week's Q&A Fleecy clear's up some more misconceptions regarding Amiga's influence on the AmigaOS4 development. Other questions relate to the AmigaDE, future hardware and software development for AmigaOS4.

Amiga, Inc. in Trouble?

Submitted by RobertDupuy 2003-05-02 Amiga & AROS 66 Comments

In a posting at ANN.lu, ex-Amiga, Inc. employee Bolton Peck breaks his silence. He reports about his time at Amiga Inc., the court trial against his former employer and informs us who is the real CEO of Amiga. Moreover, Bolton gives a general overview into what has happened behind the scenes during the past 3 years. Where does this situation leave the upcoming AmigaOS 4.0 remains to be seen. Update: AmigaWorld.net has a thread about the situation as well.

AmigaInput – The new Gaming-API for AmigaOS

Mike Bouma 2003-05-02 Amiga & AROS 38 Comments

Amiga has released a new article, this time regarding AmigaOS4's new Gaming-API written by Steffen Haeuser. If you are interested to ask Hyperion and Amiga employees questions then note that some of them frequently participate at AmigaWorld's forums or chatroom.

Weekly Q&A with Fleecy Moss – Week 7

Mike Bouma 2003-04-26 Amiga & AROS 3 Comments

Week 7 of the 'Weekly Questions and Answers' sessions with Amiga's Chief Technology Officer Fleecy Moss is now live at AmigaWorld.net. A few days earlier than originally planned.

AROS Status Update and Screenshots

Eugenia Loli 2003-04-25 Amiga & AROS 32 Comments

AROS, the AmigaOS re-implementation posted a status update dicussing their latest advancements. Two new screenshots also posted. The team is looking for active developers to join them.

Weekly Q&A with Amiga’s Fleecy Moss – Week 6

Eugenia Loli 2003-04-21 Amiga & AROS 11 Comments

Week 6 of the 'Weekly Questions and Answers' sessions with Amiga's Chief Technology Officer Fleecy Moss is now live at AmigaWorld.net. Also Question 3 & 5 from Week 5 have now been updated.

Nomad Team Officially Reveal NomadGMS

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2003-04-14 Amiga & AROS No Comments

The Nomad Team has revealed their first piece of software for the AmigaDE and AmigaOS, NomaGMS a Game and Multimedia application programming interface. For the latest Q&A session with the Amiga CTO, turn to the AmigaWorld community portal.

AmiDock and application.library in AmigaOS4

Guest post by Mike Bouma 2003-04-12 Amiga & AROS 20 Comments

Amiga has released an article describing its application launcher AmiDock in AmigaOS4. The article originally appeared in the March issue of Club Amiga Magazine. This description is meant as an addition to the AmigaOS4 feature list. Note however that the default appearance of AmigaOS4 is yet to be revealed.

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