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Are you waiting for a brand new Workbench for your AMIGA ?
SCALOS The Workbench-Replacement
http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~remuss/scalos/scalos.html
PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER BEFORE YOU FIND THE FIRST PUBLIC
VERSION ON THIS HOMEPAGE !!!
What is Scalos?
First of all: It is not another new Operating System, as its name may
(accidentally) suggest.
Scalos is a Workbench-Replacement. Since the real Workbench becomes older every
day, Scalos' author decided that there have to be something new. So Scalos found
its beginning.
Scalos goal is to integrate a lot of additional functionality and an enhancent
look without loosing any of the look-and-feel we all love at our real Workbench.
If you now think about Directory Opus 5 you are not completely wrong. But there
are differences. Scalos provides a much better emulation of the real Workbench,
you won't notice any difference in your first look. Because of that here is no
screen shot of Scalos right now.If you want a one, just look at you Workbench it
looks just the same (at least if you have several enhancement tools installed,
see below). Up to now DirOpus5 provides just more functions.
Tell me more about the Features!
* First of all, asked that often, a new Screenshot (18.5.97) BUT to learn more
about Scalos features you should look at all these tiny, little Screenshots of
the different functions which are hidden below.
* 100% Workbench replacement, all functions should work like the WB once.
* 64bit arithmetics for Harddisksizes
* full multitasking, every window has it's own task, while loading icons any
windowfunction (e.g. Drag&Drop) is available
* all Icon-imagetypes are supported such as Backfill or Complement,
configurable surrounding iconborder
* icon datatype system, newicon datatype included If you have the knowledge
and will to write a datatype for Mac- or even Windows-Icons please contact the
author
* icon dragging is far less flickering on graphiccards, while dragging icons
are displayed with text and they become transparent over anything where they
can be dropped at. Mui-alike kind of transparency on low color screens. Real
transparency if running at 15+ Bit.
* cybergraphics and 24bit datatypes support
* unlimited windowpatterns, configurable via tooltypes, see screenshot.
* optimized backgroundpatterns routine, patterns can be tiled, centred or even
scaled to fit into the windows, see screenshot too. With the usage of
render.library you get the full control over the dithering and penusage of your
patterns.
* Live updating window scrolling , even via middle-mouse-button if liked
* Drawerwindows can be iconified
* Menu-Preferences to have full configurable menus (includes ToolsDaemon and
Parm import) including support for contextsesitive Pop-Up-Menus.
* big Application interface, anything is possible from outside
* custom Palette and Pattern preferences program, no penlocker needed anymore
* nearly all WB-preferences will be used, install and uninstall is very easy
* plugin system to exchange or add features
* it enhances the workbench and make it more configurable: Iconborders (nice
looking), Icontextvariations (normal, shadowed, outlined), Screentitletext
shows what you want
* and much much more ...
What kind a ...ware is it?
Scalos is Shareware, the Demoversion can be used and configurated all the same.
Register fee will be 30 DM / $ 20. The first complete version will be released
in late August.
Please do not send any registrations until Scalos is released.
Releases of public betas are not planned, sorry. You have to wait.
But you have to register if you want to use Scalos as bootable
workbenchemulation, without, you can only run Scalos and Workbench parallel.