I am pleased to announce the release of version 3.2.1 of Jack for AmigaOS and Amiga-like operating system.
Please visit OS4Depot, Aminet, AROS Archives or MorphOS Files and check it out today.
What’s New?
The most significant change in this version is the introduction of asynchronous downloads in the App-Store.. asynchronous what? This means you can now download more than one item at once or continue to use as normal without ‘blocking’ the interface.
This new version of Jack also sports an arexx port with (initially) a small selection of Arexx commands on offer.
In the distribution you will find versions available for OS3/4, MorphOS and AROS.
SO WHAT’S NEW?
Comprehensive Download Manager in the App-Store
Added suport for AROS, Classic and MorphOS computers in the Community Statistics panel and elsewhere
Improved general caching within the AppStore and increased archive name recognition database
Platform-independency and removal of all (most) third-party tools and applications including Curl/Wget
From now on all URLs are called via the OpenURL suite
Watermarks fixed in single-image mode
All fonts are now anti-aliased
Many more numerous bug fixes and optimisations
For full list of changes and bug fixes, read the .readme or the documentation included
Both the MorphOS and OS3 are untested and require through testing by myself, and the Amiga community.
Please join the new Jack Beta Mailing ( jack_beta@freelists.org ) – ensure you include the word ‘subscribe’ (without-quotes) in the subject of your email.
Thank you, I hope you continue to enjoy Jack for… everyone!
Just a short announcement, the AROS port of Jack is now complete. Jack for AROS will be made available once the Download Manager in Jack has been completed.
A quick update on the progress of the alll-new singing and dancing Download Manager for Jack.
At present the Download Manager doesn’t allow for asynchronous downloads, this will come in the future when I’ve learnt some more about the HTTP Protocol, but for now just about everything is working and the next update of Jack will be available shortly – fingers crossed for the weekend.
Jack for AmigaOS, Jack for MorphOS, Jack for AROS, Jack for Classic….
Yeah thats right I’ve started porting Jack to the other Amiga-like OSes in the last couple of weeks and so far have most of it working under AROS, still a fair way to go mind.
I have set up a mailing list, if you want to Beta Test Jack under one of the ‘Other OSes’ please send an email to jack_beta@freelists.org with ‘subscribe’ in the subject heading.
For the time being check out the increased number of options now available against each and every software released on OS4Depot.
Quick weekend update, made a start on porting Jack for another OS. What’s this Icaros Desktop no less?
Not sure why the window transparency is not in effect, Hollywood or AROS limitation perhaps? Also the mouse pointer is all skewed and non-recognisable. Still, nice start. Configured a few helper applications along the way, foreinstance ArosPDF is called instead of AmiPDF, MultiView instead of NotePad, FinderV3 instead of AmigaOS4-centric Find and a few more fixes to get this working in a new environment. Still a little way to go to get everything working correctly, the hardest part was getting TO the interface. Enjoy!
Wanna help speed up the porting effort?
Join the Jack Beta Mailing List: jack_beta@freelists.org. Don’t forget to insert subscribe in the Subject. Thanks I look forward to hearing from you.
