Timberwolf (web browser): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
mothball |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Timberwolf''' |
'''Timberwolf''' was a port of the [[Firefox]] [[web browser]] to the [[AmigaOS 4]] platform. |
||
It is called Timberwolf because it is not an official version of Firefox and not part of the main Firefox development [[Software repository|repository]]. |
|||
==History== |
==History== |
||
Timberwolf |
Timberwolf was a [[open source bounty|bounty-funded]] project to port Mozilla Firefox to AmigaOS 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amigabounty.net/index.php?function=viewfiles&projectid=44 | title=Project: Timberwolf |publisher=AmigaBounty |accessdate=2010-08-14 }}</ref> It was started in early 2009 as a parallel to [[AmiZilla]], which had the same intent. AmiZilla had a more complex history, as it was started in 2003 by the US firm DiscreetFX with the target of porting a running version of the [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko engine]]-based Firefox compatible browser to Amiga platforms. As AmiZilla was too ambitious, the project was closed on November 19, 2009 without significant results. Timberwolf was originally managed by Thomas and Hans-Joerg Frieden (AmigaOS 4 core developers). |
||
The first release was made public in June 2010. On July 23, 2012, the project was declared to be complete and the money ([[euro|€]]6732.72) was transferred to the Friedens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amigabounty.net/?function=viewproject&projectid=44|title=AmigaBounty.net|publisher=}}</ref> |
The first release was made public in June 2010. On July 23, 2012, the project was declared to be complete and the money ([[euro|€]]6732.72) was transferred to the Friedens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amigabounty.net/?function=viewproject&projectid=44|title=AmigaBounty.net|publisher=}}</ref> |
||
At some point after the bounty was closed the Friedens ceased work on the project. In 2013 Steven Solie (AmigaOS 4 Team Lead) obtained the source code and began working on Timberwolf with an unspecified group of part-time developers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?p=23574#p23574 | title=Official Hyperion support forum }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=38060&forum=32&start=80&98#718859 | title=Steven Solie on Amigaworld.net }}</ref> |
At some point after the bounty was closed the Friedens ceased work on the project. In 2013 Steven Solie (AmigaOS 4 Team Lead) obtained the source code and began working on Timberwolf with an unspecified group of part-time developers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?p=23574#p23574 | title=Official Hyperion support forum }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=38060&forum=32&start=80&98#718859 | title=Steven Solie on Amigaworld.net }}</ref> |
||
==Features== |
|||
The Amiga version of Timberwolf is based on the [[XUL]] user-interface toolkit. The developers ported a wrapper to XUL into Amiga, which was called [[XULRunner]], in order to complete the port. |
|||
== See also == |
|||
* [[AmiZilla]] |
|||
* [[NetSurf]] |
|||
* [[Origyn Web Browser]] |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
Revision as of 19:36, 3 January 2019
 | |
| Developer(s) | Thomas Frieden and Hans-Joerg Frieden |
|---|---|
| Initial release | June 9, 2010 |
| Stable release | 4.0.1.0252
/ September 5, 2012 |
| Preview release | Release Candidate 3
/ September 5, 2012 |
| Written in | C, XUL |
| Operating system | AmigaOS 4 |
| Type | Web browser |
| Website | friedenhq |
Timberwolf was a port of the Firefox web browser to the AmigaOS 4 platform.
History
Timberwolf was a bounty-funded project to port Mozilla Firefox to AmigaOS 4.[1] It was started in early 2009 as a parallel to AmiZilla, which had the same intent. AmiZilla had a more complex history, as it was started in 2003 by the US firm DiscreetFX with the target of porting a running version of the Gecko engine-based Firefox compatible browser to Amiga platforms. As AmiZilla was too ambitious, the project was closed on November 19, 2009 without significant results. Timberwolf was originally managed by Thomas and Hans-Joerg Frieden (AmigaOS 4 core developers).
The first release was made public in June 2010. On July 23, 2012, the project was declared to be complete and the money (€6732.72) was transferred to the Friedens.[2]
At some point after the bounty was closed the Friedens ceased work on the project. In 2013 Steven Solie (AmigaOS 4 Team Lead) obtained the source code and began working on Timberwolf with an unspecified group of part-time developers.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Project: Timberwolf". AmigaBounty. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "AmigaBounty.net".
- ^ "Official Hyperion support forum".
- ^ "Steven Solie on Amigaworld.net".
 | This Web-software-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |