@Raziel

I started up MUI-OWB, waited for that page to load and
tried the gear button, no go... I did CTRL-F5 as you
suggested, the page flashed, (presumably) rebuilt itself
and then the gear worked!

Great! Problem solved. Many Thanks!

PJS

Maybe I wasn't clear about the two problems I've been
encountering...

First, the "lazy" image loading. This problem manifests
itself from the second or third article in the blog on
down, where you see a article title (in large blue text)
and then a white space and a few paragraphs of text...

That white space should be a picture in most articles.
In both OWB and MUI-OWB I encounter this problem. The
"lazy" image loading isn't working.

Second, in the black horizontal bar near the top of the
page there is a "button" with a gear icon in it. One should
be able to click that to set the preferences for the
website. In those preferences you can turn off the "lazy"
image loading. This is the website feature that used to
work that no longer does.

Now when I click the gear in either OWB or MUI-OWB it does
nothing or just shows a pop-up "hint" telling you what the
button is. In the past, when you clicked that button, the
page would go dark and white box would appears with
settings to configure.

As you suggested, I tried running MUI-OWB with the
"cookiecollection.db" file moved away. It made no
difference with the problems of this website.

With OWB, I have an old script that copies OWB to RAM and
runs it from there... So cookies never get saved back to
the disk.

Anything else you guys can think of or suggest?

Thanks!

PJS

Hey guys,

When I do my web rounds, I try to keep up with this
website:

http://www.autoblog.com

It used to work well with IBrowse... then they "improved"
it.... It used to work with the OWB brothers... Apparently,
they "improved" it again...

From what they say, the website uses some sort of "lazy"
image loading. The page loads OK in the RA/MUI OWB, but
the graphics for most of the articles don't load.

I used to be able to hit the gear button in the top title
bar to turn off the lazy image loading, but now that doesn't
even work anymore. Previously, the screen would turn black
and pop-up panel that let me turn off this BS, now it won't
even do that.

Anyone have any tricks that might get this site working
again? ....or is there something that could be done to
MUI-OWB which could fix all this?

I really don't want to use my godforsaken Mac to use this
website.

Thanks,

PJS

Hey guys,

I've used a classic Amiga web development system called
"WebLord"...

http://ringlord.com/weblord.html

A while ago, the developer switched this system to Java
from Amiga C code.

Without any graphics, etc., I am wondering whether the new
Java versions this software should be able to run on
JAmiga.

What do you guys think?

Thanks,

PJS

@All

FWIW, Jamie had a table and was demonstrating AVD at last
year's 2010 AmiWest.

I don't know when that EMail (quoted above) from Jamie
was written, I don't recall him saying he was having
hardware issues at showtime.

Anyway, he gave great demos of how various components
worked and had a lot of plans for the suite. The GUI
builder is impressive.

Hopefully, we see him this October at AmiWest with the
results.

PJS

Quote:

Why, yes.... enjoying the hell out of it.

As for OSX, I completely agree... It's a pig running on
a multi-gigahertz, multi-core Macs, so it would just crawl
on any hardware we have or will have.

Besides, setting aside the eye-candy, what did OSX really
do for the Macs? Real multitasking!? We already have
that! ;)

PJS

Hi All,

I'm in with Antique... I'd also be glad to contribute to
a Sheepshaver bounty.

Yes, just being able to run Mac Classic apps is somewhat
less productive then OSX... But then you can run the Mac
emulation while running AmigaOS.

To me, MacOnLinux just turns your Amiga into a Mac...
I've already got Macs. I'd rather turn them into
Amigas!

;)

PJS

With regular digital cameras, I tried a bunch and had
very good luck with OS4's PTP driver. It has worked with
at least a Sony, two Kodaks, an HP, a couple Canons, a
Nikon. Maybe I'm forgetting some?

GSM? Do you mean a phone's camera?

In that case, I haven't seen a phone that does the USB
PTP mode. Many phones will emulate a mass storage device,
but there can still be a lot of compatibility issues.

On my Android phone, I've used a variety of FTP Server
apps and just connected to the phone (via Wifi) and
transfered pictures, music, etc. to/from with AmiFTP.

Of course, pulling the memory card and using a USB card
reader is always an option.

Good luck,

PJS

@orgin
Your scratch Snack! is an impressive accomplishment, when one
considers how it compares to XOOPS.

I really don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth... I really do
appreciate the unrewarded efforts the Ops have put into getting the site
back up and running!

But I wonder... what wonderful things has the XOOPS server provided
visitors (over Snack!) in exchange for the loss of native Amiga browser
compatibility?

What's the argument for not using Snack! and allowing Amigans the
use of IBrowse, etc.?

Thanks,

PJS

@ceyhan

FWIW, I used to print with my OS4.1 A1-XE to a networked
HP LaserJet 4 using the LPR driver. A couple months ago,
our LJ4 took a powder and we got an HP OfficeJet 8500Pro
(all in one printer, fax, scanner, etc.).

Using the exact same settings and graphic print settings
from the LJ4, I changed the IP address in the LPR config
to the new printer and was printing again with the new
HP (in greyscale).

So it seems the old HP LaserJet output still works with
(some?) new HP printers.

You might have similar luck?

Good luck,

PJS

@Dandy

I have really mixed feelings about this... on one hand,
I'd either kill or pay thousands of dollars for a real,
productive & reliable CAD program on AmigaOS4. On the
other hand, I don't believe it will happen and it seems
like the bar is set really low.

Take DynaCADD - from what I recall (and I see in the
attached thread) it was a pretty crude program. IIRC, it
didn't even use windows or have an ability to open
multiple documents. That's pretty backwards.

Yes, it's better than nothing... I don't really want
to be discouraging... but then I use CAD for a living
and, as such, it has to work *WELL*. So you could count
me in for moderate support, just to support the Amiga.

Give me an OS4 port of even the ancient MiniCAD 7 (with
more modern file import/export) and I'd be THRILLED...
and I'd be glad to pay exponentially more it.

Thanks,

PJS

@Ant

I've been running ImageFx with Petunia on my SAM and XE, on
all versions of OS4 up through OS4.1 update 2.

It's generally been quite stable.

There are a few areas where you learn to stay away from,
like the text tool. And if I run the debug kernel, I
get a couple recoverable DSI's at startup.

But all in all, I've done a lot of image processing
with it, built a large website and so it's been very
productive for me.

And, fortunately, OS4 also reboots quickly.

PJS

@vox

LOL

I guess that makes them "priceless"... in addition to
being "very useful"...

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/invaluable



I've added a few more overlooked apps since the first
upload. If anyone has any other very useful, priceless
or invaluable apps to suggest, I'd be glad to add them.

Thanks,


PJS

Hi all,

Last weekend at AmiWest, I did quick tour of applications
you could use on your OS4 Amiga to get things done.

Little things that might let you enjoy your Amiga
more and avoid lesser platforms longer!



A few people asked for a summary, so I've put together
the follow page listing the apps I showed (or should
have):

http://www.pjsa.net/Apps.html

Hope this is helpful!

And let me pass on my THANKS to everyone at SACC for
putting on a great show! Your efforts are very much
appreciated.

PJS

@ssolie

Quote:

How about this link and its discussion of mailing lists?

http://apcmag.com/interview_with_con_ ... rmance_on_the_desktop.htm



PJS

@vox
Quote:
Wow. I'm really surprised printing got such a minor
and unique mention.

The AmigaOS printing system was decrepit when Commodore
was circling the drain and the intervening 16+ years
hasn't helped much.

Will replacing some drivers help enough? We really
could use a new system. And whenever OpenOffice appears,
this shortcoming will get even more blatant.

Does this mean a port of CUPS, like OSX did?

Hopefully a much better job than Apple did.

We shall see.

PJS

@vox

Quote:

FWIW, I just bought an HP all-in-one for my office and
it's been working better than expected with my A1-XE.

First, it scans & EMails PDFs and that's been working
fine with AmiPDF (there's a little complaining about
a malformed "DCT", but no tangible issues). From there,
it's trivial get scans into ImageFX.

Second, the HP has a web interface that works with OS4.
I haven't tried scanning with it yet, but it even works
(mostly) with IBrowse.

Last, while I've yet to get the HP printing with my
%$#&^##$ Mac, I was surprised to find that using the OS4
HP LaserJet4 driver & the LPR device, I've been able to
print wonderful grey-scale output from AmiPDF, FinalWriter
& Pagestream. Still gotta get color printing working.

So don't automatically count out modern scanner/printers!
Just be sure to buy from a place with a good return policy.



If that doesn't work, you can always look for old flat-bed
scanners that work with ImageFX.

PJS

@djrikki

This sounds like a great idea.

I'd guess that doing it in a well thought out XML file might be the easiest way to do it. Doesn't theoretically require anything special for creation & editing.

One XML file per application?

How would one track different command sets for different versions of a program?

Theoretically, that could become fairly cumbersome.

hmmm...

PJS

Hey guys,

@328gts
Quote:
I get the impression some in this thread are confusing CAD
programs (particularly Architectural) with simple drawing
programs.

For those that haven't used CAD programs, they typically
include the ability to draw, manipulate and edit things at
different "scales" than what you see on the paper. Beyond
that, they have a much deeper selection of tools and
capabilities ("snapping", "layers", programmability, etc.)
than a common drawing program.

AFAIK, Pagestream (as great a DTP app as it has been) has
never tried to offer most of these drafting capablities.

DynaCADD, Cycas and a few other Amiga CAD programs have
appeared over the years. But none have ever been close to
"modern" or have seen their code touched in decades.

A real pity. I'd love to scrap using Macs for my CAD
work.

PJS

@Elwood

Wasn't there a "myX11Setup" program in your AmiCygnix
directory? Maybe I got it from somewhere else?

hmmm....

PJS