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[Web] Excellent Morphos 1.4 reviewANN.lu
Posted on 21-Aug-2003 00:19 GMT by Hagge22 comments
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Posted over at osnews. Full with information and screenshots, read it.
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 1 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Troels Ersking on 20-Aug-2003 22:55 GMT
Well written and with nice pictures :)
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 2 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by An Cr on 21-Aug-2003 06:23 GMT
Ahm, some way this looks like a sort of advertising.
Its mainly a detailed description of features and options, while the
aspects of still missing features and especially unfixed bugs from 1.3
weren't really adressed. Yes, who likes to focus ion the dark side
if theres much light, but since some people using 1.3 weren't that
satisfied, doubt remains wether all Pegasos users would agree with
a just positive view of 1.4 and the future of MOS.
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 3 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Hagge on 21-Aug-2003 08:48 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (An Cr):
I know some people is annoyed by the refresh bug.
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 4 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 21-Aug-2003 08:54 GMT
Why do the screenshots show the logo for Microsoft WinAmp (the white square with the lightning) in them? And yet, there is a bastardized program of it open on the desktop, showing "AmigaAMP". See screenshot: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/samel/review/s2.png

Did MorphOS obtain a license from Microsoft? And how can they be using 'Amiga'-anything within their OS? I also noticed "WBStartup" there, in one of the windows showing programs listed in text. That's purely Amiga.

--EyeAm
http://eyeam.darrelltown.com
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 5 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 21-Aug-2003 09:08 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (EyeAm):
>Why do the screenshots show the logo for Microsoft WinAmp (the white square >with the lightning) in them?

Winamp is not made by Microsoft...
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 6 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 21-Aug-2003 09:46 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Anonymous):
Ok, well, that leaves the Amiga-related issues. But as for as WinAmp, I always thought it was Microsoft. I just looked it up and see it's not. Did MorphOS get a license for it from Nullsoft, then?

--EyeAm
http://eyeam.darrelltown.com
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 7 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by mahen on 21-Aug-2003 09:52 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (EyeAm):
So what ? You don't know AmigaAmp or Amplifier ?! Strange remark :)
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 8 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by mahen on 21-Aug-2003 09:54 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (EyeAm):
The MorphOS A/Box works the same way as AmigaOS (even if it's a 100% rewrite with many changed and if what's around it is completely different). The WBStartup drawer was thus kept for compatibility purposes (but you can change it).
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 9 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Alkis Tsapanidis on 21-Aug-2003 10:57 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (EyeAm):
Ah... Another PC user - Amigan wannabe...

It's AmigaAMP... One of the most used Amiga MP3 players. It uses WinAmp skins.
It's 68k, with PUP and WUP decoding engines, it's an Amiga program.
It works on MOS, through emulation.
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 10 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 21-Aug-2003 12:16 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (Alkis Tsapanidis):
Guess again. ;-)

--EyeAm
http://eyeam.darrelltown.com
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 11 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by itix on 21-Aug-2003 13:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (EyeAm):
WBStartup directory is just matter of user choice.
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 12 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Sigbjørn Skjæret on 21-Aug-2003 19:25 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (EyeAm):
Guess you've never used neither AmigaAMP nor WinAMP .. I suggest you check out the skins section on http://www.winamp.com/ .. You'll see that there's tons of skins freely available for download there...

(BTW, incase it escaped you, no, AmigaAMP is not included with MorphOS, the person who made those screengrabs has downloaded and installed it and the skins himself)...


- CISC
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 13 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 21-Aug-2003 22:35 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Sigbjørn Skjæret):
No, I use WinAmp a lot. I just don't bother with the skins.


--EyeAm
http://eyeam.darrelltown.com
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 14 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 21-Aug-2003 23:39 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (EyeAm):
>But as for as WinAmp, I always thought it was Microsoft. I just looked it up>and see it's not. Why do you cry WOLF when there is none? >Did MorphOS get a license for it from Nullsoft, then As you can see it's not Winamp but Amigaamp.Sheesh, some people...
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 15 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 22-Aug-2003 00:41 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (EyeAm):
>I also noticed "WBStartup" there, in one of the windows showing programs
>listed in text. That's purely Amiga.

Err.. yes, that's kinda how it works.

There's also Libs, C, S, L, S/Startup-sequence, S/User-startup, Devs, Devs/Dosdrivers, Devs/Datatypes, Devs/Monitors...

http://www.aps.fr/article/morphos/morphos_directory.jpg
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 16 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 22-Aug-2003 10:48 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (Anonymous):
:-) Why thank you for all of your kind and productive, and non-sarcastic responses. I appreciate your directness and honesty. You are all truly lovely people. Please keep up the great job, and your Amiga community shall prosper.

--EyeAm http://eyeam.darrelltown.com
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 17 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Sam Smith on 22-Aug-2003 12:03 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (Anonymous):
I suppose it's for the ABox emulation to work. Does this mean that the QBox is supposed to be the 'real' MOS?

Sam
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 18 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 23-Aug-2003 10:31 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (EyeAm):
Troll.
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 19 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 23-Aug-2003 15:11 GMT
In reply to Comment 18 (Anonymous):
:-) Not at all.

--EyeAm
http://eyeam.darrelltown.com
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 20 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Druideck on 24-Aug-2003 01:39 GMT
Amiga AMP works great on Morphos and looks very much like winamp
with that skin pictured. As far as the icon with the lighting bolt
goes, morphos allows you to make any png into an icon for the launch
bar. Also songplayer works great too.
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 21 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 24-Aug-2003 06:29 GMT
why oh why do reviewers think that they can slap Amiga specific
words into multiple-platform websites without explanation or description?

it doesnt help sell it. No Linux user or Windows user knows what
Warp3D is, or what Turboprint is etc. to an Amigan, these are
'exciting' or 'essential' features. to other people...well, they are just
meaningless words.

..and for all those people bitching about how colourful/gross/crowded/etc
the recent AmigaOS4 screenshots were....the selection of MorphOS shots
giben to OSNews are JUST AS BAD ;-)
Excellent Morphos 1.4 review : Comment 22 of 22ANN.lu
Posted by Druideck on 25-Aug-2003 05:40 GMT
In reply to Comment 21 (Anonymous):
the morphos screenshots are awesome. A good review tells all about
a product whether people know the lingo or not. Otherwise it would
be incomplete.
I give that Morphos 1.4 review 5 out of 5 stars... excellent!
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