ZETA 1.2 screenshot uncovered
Stephen B. - March 14th, 2006
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A screenshot, purportedly of the upcoming 1.2 version of ZETA, was sent in recently by Mr. X. No version number is displayed in the screenshot, but a kernel build date of March 7 is visible. The screenshot also shows off what appears to be a new preferences panel for info_popper (called the InfoServer in the screenshot), offering fairly thorough control of info_popper’s display options.
Over on the Italian BeOS news site Il Tuo Sistema, there is a recent post about a new DVD manager/library application for ZETA and BeOS. Descriptively called “DVD Manager,” there is also some information in Engilsh on the developer’s website – along with a screenshot. From the description, DVD Manager looks like a cross between an equivalent of CDDB for DVDs and a catalogue library for your DVDs – it downloads information on your movies, and keeps a database of your DVDs. A downloadable demo is available for ZETA, with an R5 version promised in the near future; the full version costs 15 Euros, a good deal if you have a huge DVD collection and want more sophisticated than a spreadsheet for keeping track of it.
Tako “0033” Lansbergen of Studio-33 has spotted a BeOS/ZETA build of the Mozilla-based calendar/contact application “Sunbird.” He also took the build of Sunbird for a spin and has posted some first impressions along with a couple of screenshots. While a native solution using attributes would almost certainly be more “elegant,” Sunbird is useful to have at the very least because it gives people access to a program they may already use on another platform.
The fine folks over at HaikuNews and ZetaJournal have spotted a post on the DeBug forms announcing the dates and location for the upcoming BeGeistert 016. Since the post was made, the BeGeistert site has been updated with the official announcement. Their FAQ page contains the important when/where/how much details – namely: May 20th & 21st, in the Youth Hostel Berlin-Wannsee, Badeweg 1, a cost of 22 Euro to attend, and 21 Euro per night for overnight accomodations. Note: I had mistakenly listed the accomodation price as 21,000 Euro – the price is listed in their FAQ using the EU currency format (21,00) and my brain reflexively followed the North American “comma after every third number” rule. Fixed now.
I’m a little late noticing this one, but the Weekly Haiku update for March 6th has been posted. Axel has been his usual busy, prolific self – this time, he’s done a boatload of work on cursor handling. The app_server saw some significant contributions from “mmlr,” who has made some improvements to R5 compatibility and font rendering – at the same time, impressive. And “Korli” has submitted many “build fixes” for mixer & multi-audio media-addons, as well as codec plugins. So head over and check out the full post, there are many more details and lots of stuff that would just show off my lack of programming knowledge if I tried to summarize it.
Those whining sh… I mean shining wits over at BeDoper are back, and this time it’s personal! Probably not, but I didn’t bother to actually read the article – I think it has something to do with reptiles. And remember, as a wise man once said: BeDoper will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no BeDoper.
Over on Studio-33, Mr. 0033 made a very interesting find last week – a screenshot of the VLC video player running under Haiku. The image was posted to the Haiku mailinglist by Axel D??rfler – or possibly by one of the helper clones he uses to maintain his insane pace of development. The message mentions that he had to disable overlay and MMX support to get VLC to work, but it’s still a very nice milestone that helps illustrate how far Haiku has come.
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