Vault, the new application store-ish got released

Hello everyone. I would like to present you a new application I created called Vault, where users can discover applications to run on AmigaOS 4, links to their websites sites and guides, if there are any.

I wrote more about this new utility at https://ko-fi.com/post/Vault-a-new-app ... or-AmigaOS-4-g-S6S51QC48E. You can download it from OS4Depot at https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=network/misc/vault.lha

Remember, it is not a utility that will install applications automatically, but more for discovering the best of them. Not everything is there yet, but I am adding more and more almost every day, and I have a big list of apps to add as well.

@walkero

Hi, maybe adding some sort of voting, so users vote for that programm "usefulness" and shows as stars or whatever icon/text you think is worth.

Looks promissing, will try it later.

@walkero

Thanks for the program.

I dont think the alphabetical list of the programs is working correctly, as some are out of order is all the different groups.

@walkero

Many thanks for the program! Looking forward to checking it out! I'm sure this will be very helpful for those new to the platform, but also others as well of course.

Thinking about it, wouldn't Vault be something that could be bundled with the OS for later releases? If you install AmigaOS 4 for the first time, and you are not familiar with the wide range of software available, this tool could make it much easier to get started. Just a thought. Users can install DOpus etc. as extras, so maybe it would fit in the extras category during installation?

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This is a fantastic idea, it would be a kind of App Store for AmigaOs4.1 and the user would immediately have an overview of software that he can use.

@walkero

wow, I just looked at Voult and it's really great. Donation for this project is out.....

Thank you everyone for your kind words and for your ideas. May I ask if anyone run it on a Sam460 and if it works fine or not?

@walker

Yep, here on SAM460ex no problems so far.

Noticed that sort TITLE column doesn't work.

@jabirulo
Yeah, this is something I need to find a way to fix it. Thank you for letting me know that it works on your system.

@walkero

Works fine on a Sam460cr.

Cheers

Great app! Looking forward to discovery more software!

Keep up the good work.

Very cool program! Thanks.
Possible to have it show which programs are already installed?

@ddni
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Everything is possible, but not in its scope for now. It is not a full installer/package manager tool. I do not know if in the future it will become one, but for now, it is just for people to find what is available, and useful links.

I tried it today. Video to come.
TJ

Here is my experience so far with using Vault.

TJ


https://youtu.be/AEEReB7AOro

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Love your videos! Howdy folks, TG hereee...

@n3m3

Thanks.

TJ-Over-N-Out

@AmigaSociety
Thank you so much for taking the time to make a video for Vault. I appreciate it.

What you said about the lists slowly loading, and a way to cache them, I have an item in my to-do list to improve this. At least, keep what is loaded not in the session, but even if you reboot your system.

The reason why the lists are filled up slowly is because for each line I need to download the icons. Although I made them small, it still needs to make that connection and download them. The network speed has some influence on it. I will try to find ways to improve it, but I believe that if I put a better caching system in place, this won't be a big issue.

Now, about opening Odyssey. Vault is using a tool that is already installed in AmigaOS 4 called urlopen. It has a prefs called URL, where the browsers and other programs are configured. When you click a link in Vault, urlopen is called, and it opens the window you see where you can select the browser you want to use. This needs to be configured to execute the right browser binary. Maybe you need to have a look there, how this is configured.

Thank you again for covering my little app.

If you guys would like to see the Roadmap and follow the future work of Vault, have a look at https://pms.walkero.gr/projects/vault/roadmap

@walkero

I will have to explore these prefs. Will admit I have no idea about them. haha

Cool on possible future update where it retains what was already loaded.

TJ

@walkero

Thank you for Vault !