BetterWB podobnie jak AIAB czy ClassicWB pozwala rozszerzyć środowisko okienkowego systemu amigi o dodatkowe narzędzia, próżno w nim szukać "wodotrysków", oferuje on jednak sporą ilość dodatkowych narzędzi, które ułatwią korzystanie z tego systemu. Rozszerzenie przyda się każdemu, kto ceni bardziej funkcjonalność od estetyki.
Features:
- New and Improved datatypes for gif, jpg, bmp, png, pcx, ilbm, tga, tiff, wav and cdxl media
- Modern backup tool (ABackup) that replaces the ancient one from 3.1
- New Removable media partition mounter (SCSIMounter)
- New System snooper (SnoopDOS)
- Fast and easy to use floppy disk copier application (SuperDuper)
- Say, the text to speech utility is back again
- New commodities: GrabIFF, WBGauge, SwazInfo, AssignWedge, SmartWin, IconAppearer, AltTab, ToolAlias and AddMenu, DontShowIborder, ModePro, MultiHelp, yStart, WintoFront, BenchTrash, DosPrefs, PowerSnap and MagicMenu
- 66 additional workbench printer drivers (take a peek at your SYS:Storage drawer)
- Three new monitor drivers for improved video support (HD720, HighGFX and SuperPlus)
- A complete set of manuals that explain all these new features (See inside HELP: )
- New more flexible handlers (GrabIFFHandler, port-handler and speak-handler)
- A couple of upgraded, and new system commands (Info, Installer, Reboot, SetPatch, Version, Break, Join, Copy, Sort, Avail, WBRun, Add44k, DMS, zDir, RequestChoice, dd and Showboards)
- XPKMaster offers a data compression/decompression library available to programs that support it
- Reworked WBPattern preferences with more options
- New Finder utility that lets you search for any given pattern
- ShowConfig has been replaced by the powerful WhichAmiga
- New text editor with a huge feature set (TextEngine)
- HDInsTools replaces the aging HDToolBox, supporting more storage media and alternative filesystems out of the box
- Totalcalc is a replacement calculator that can even be configured as an advanced scientific one
- MinStack increases the default stack size for programs to 8KB (Can be configured to any size)
- Enhanced Serial prefs program with more options
- FastFileSystem 44.5 patches NSD64 devices to support drives bigger than 4GB (upto 8GB)
- PatchRam fixes a long standing bug in ram-hadler. The Ramdisk now displays correct usage, and not 100% all the time
- Smaller and faster picture.datatype that speeds up image display operations
- Bugfixed and faster serial.device
- A greatly enhanced Shell console with a ton of neat features (ZShell)
- The famous LHA archiver command is installed in its latest incarnation
- Queue-Handler has been bugfixed
- An incredibly faster mathtrans.library with an extra feature is included
- Jaztools is a commandline tool to handle ZIP and JAZ drives
- A low resource and flexible filemanager is now present (DirWork)
- Support for FAT and FAT32 volumes is achieved with fat95
- The fastest Amiga filesystem, PFS3, and its associated tools are now included
- Corrected the ancient "Pure" bit omision in the original AmigaOS 3.1 distribution
- Macintosh floppy format (HFS) and proper mountlist (MAC0) implementation
- Highly enahnced and optimised cdrom filesystem with many new features such as: Long filename support, Macintosh HFS, multiple session, hybrid (audio+data), and iso 9660 cdrom support
- Rexxsyslib.library got bugfixed (WaitDosPacket)
- Mathieeedoubbas.library has now the MathIEEE comparision fixed that was broken in its earlier version
- IPrefs features now an increased stack to avoid stack overflows when loading worbkench backdrop pictures
- Mfm.device got a stack increase to avoid problems with some programs
- New and powerfull workbench system format
- Compact Disk player with lots of great features (ACDPlay)
- SetJoyPort is a program that improves the chances of using a CD32 style joypad with all games
- Midi support for many programs with camd.library and the Midiports preferences
- New graphic interface that lets you read and write back adf and dms floppy images.
- There is a new preference program that lets you easily handle the WBStartup and the Commodities drawer.
- TagLiFE is a simple patch for the utility.library that installs a new set of optimized assembler routines to get faster TagList support.
- PatchWB solves many workbench bugs
- The new icon.library is active by default (Now you can see all Amiga icons)
- The powerfull BootUte replaces NoFastMem
- Incorporated a system font cache that requires no extra memory (Fontcache)
- CopyIcon is a tool that allows you to copy and replace any Amiga icons
- The vintage Ed editor is now replaced by the superb Redit
- IconSet is a new preferences program to switch icon types
History & changelog:
3.3 – Back again
- Updated icon.library to version 46.4.332
- Added showboards command so that we can detect some ACA accelerators (WhichAmiga fails with some of them)
- Added PowerSnap commodity for enhanced clipboard functionality
- Redit 1.8 replaces the aging Ed and gives you much more functionality
- Added a new "IconSet" preferences app that lets you switch between different built-in icon types
- Plus Many more fixes and minor enhancements
3.2 - End of year rebuild ;)
- DosPrefs is a commodity that replaces both Clicknot and Unixdirs3 and adds wildcard support
- A powerful system Trashcan is now included as a commodity
- MagicMenu has now a preferences program and is configured to use less resources (Thank you SS454 !)
- Boards.library got updated to its last incarnation
- A bugfixed requestchoice command fixes 3 bugs that were previously available
- Tooltype tweaking on some commodities for more comfortable use
- Workaround for an icon.library bug regarding internal deficons
- Format GUI now works without problems
- Plus Many more fixes and minor enhancements
3.1 - Bugs everywhere 10-10-2013
- Added WinToFront commodity (replaces ClickToFront)
- Format64 lets you format big hardrives (Thanks to Megacz)
- Many minor fixes and enhancements
3.0 – Milestone...yeah 06-10-2013
- Added zDir which is an enhanced Dir command replacement
- Included a clone of the popular unix dd command (the data duplicator)
- KeyPressed is a usefull command for handling keypresses in scripts
- The new icon.library is active by default (Now you can see all Amiga icons)
- The powerfull BootUte replaces NoFastMem
- Incorporated a system font cache that requires no extra memory (Fontcache)
- CopyIcon is a tool that allows you to copy and replace any Amiga icons
- MultiHelp is a commodity that comfortably allows you to view manuals, docs, and amigaguides
- yStart is a commodity that automatically generates a Windows like startmenu
- Reworked the default Iconset
- Plus Many fixes and minor enhancements
2.9 – No, we are not dead ...yet - 23-08-2013
- camd.library and Midiports preferences for midi supported programs
- DMS command writes and reads its floppy images from cli
- Gzip, the very popular multiplatform compressor is now included
- LZX is yet another compressor
- PFS3 All in one (now requires less memory for usage and autodetects large drives)
- SuperPlus has been updated and no longer shows the infamuos beta warning message
- TSGUI lets you read and write adf and dms floppy images with an easy to use interface
- WBStartup preferences enables you to select the commodities you want to run when workbench loads
- New commodities: DontShowIBorder (removes icon borders), ModePro (screen promotion) and MagicMenu (flying menus)
- Printfiles tool has been updated with plenty of features and an arexx port
- TagLiFE is a simple patch for the utility.library to install a
- new set of optimized assembler routines to get a faster TagList support.
- Now boot in CLI mode with maximum ram to run memory demanding games and demos by booting without startup sequence and running add44k from CLI
- Text datatype was rolled back, due to printing bugs
- Lha can now adequately work under low memory condition (Thanks Dwyloc)
- Boards.library allows proper identification of Amiga hardware
- WhichAmiga replaces showconfig, as it has plenty more features
- PatchWB solves many workbench bugs
- Many minor tweaks and bugfixes
2.4 - Going forward - 20.10.2011
- Some minor components got updated
- Compact disk player with lots of great features (ACDPlay)
- SetJoyPort is a program that improves the chances of using a CD32 style joypad with all games
- ClickNot commodity prevents floppy drives from issuing those excessive clicking sounds
- Break command can now accept multiple targets, find a program by CLI number, command or task name, etc
- Copy command has increased its functionality quite a lot
- Sort command uses standard I/O channels as a default, which makes Sort quite useful in I/O pipes. It will sort as much text as fits in your RAM
- Join command has been heavily enhanced and includes lots of new options
- Avail command now has a few more options
2.3 - The bugfix update - 25.08.2011
- Macintosh floppy format (HFS) and proper mountlist (MAC0) implementation
- Highly enahnced and optimised cdrom filesystem with many new features such as: Long filename support, Macintosh HFS, multiple
- session, hybrid (audio+data), and iso 9660 cdrom support
- Rexxsyslib.library got bugfixed (WaitDosPacket)
- Mathieeedoubbas.library has now the MathIEEE comparision fixed that was broken in its earlier version
- IPrefs features now an increased stack to avoid stack overflows when loading worbkench backdrop pictures
- Mfm.device got a stack increase to avoid problems with some programs
- New and powerfull workbench system format
2.2 - Another small update - 06.06.2011
- New Exchange commodity replacement with lots of features (CX)
- ToolAlias, a new commodity
- Replacement for the C:Version command with a four digit year field one
- Pure bit omision from Commodore, corrected on the default 3.1 install
2.1 - Minor update - 04.06.2011
- Many cosmetic changes
- Installation requires less disks swaps
- The fastest Amiga filesystem, PFS3, and its associated tools are now included
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