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Timberwolf (Firefox) Beta For AmigaOS

Posted by Unknown on from the what-else-are-you-gonna-do dept.

An anonymous reader writes "News from the world of AmigaOS that the Beta version of Timberwolf (a.k.a. Firefox) was made available last month." Timberwolf is a port of Firefox to the AmigaOS (the name change is for similar reasons to Debian's use of Iceweasel name) and has been under development for quite some time. The AmigaBounty project page has screenshots and even more info for those interested. There's a video of the browser in action, but beware of the cheesy soundtrack.

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  1. Re:Does the Amiga OS by realmolo · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, no advantage.

    It's still a very *efficient* OS, but it lacks about a zillion features that any modern OS has. Protected memory, for one.

    But for day-to-day use? It's pointless and stupid. You can't do anything with AmigaOS that you can't do faster and better (anc cheaper- modern Amiga hardware is ridiculously expensive) on Linux, MacOS, or Windows.

    Still, AmigaOS has a lot of neat features. It's still very well-designed, and it's interesting to think about what it would be like if it had sold well enough to become a viable alternative.