www.aminet.net is up and running!

This is GREAT!!!

Download All You Can!

XzIt oF Apathy

Looks nice! :) It's good to see it back up again!

Very strange... It seems that some files were lost... There is no mine AChInRu.lha in game/role. That's sad...

Yes, it seems to be missing.
But if it was not just to check
if main.aminet.net is complete,
you can get it at de.aminet.net:
ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/game/role/AChInRu.lha

Quote:
Hehe. I am the author, so I have it already. 8) But I just say that the main aminet archive is incomplete... 8(

Write to the devs. They're quite active in
fixing and adapting things to the new
gui ... I'm sure they will repair/complete
it for you

I'm terribly sorry, it seems the file wasn't added initially by the index generation. It is up now:

http://aminet.net/search.php?query=AChInRu

Thanks for your feedback. Main Aminet mirror is still gathering data from other servers so please be patient ;)

While we're at it: check the Architecture field for indicating that a package contains a binary for morphos:

http://aminet.net/news.php

@nicomen

Hey Nicolas, congratulations, you are doing a great work.

I had only one problem on the new main Aminet site: the most important web page (recent.php) is displayed with very small fonts using AWeb and IBrowse (Voyager displays fonts a bit larger) and is difficult to read (1280x1024 on a 17" here). Can you enlarge the fonts a bit? Other pages are already displayed with larger fonts and are readable without problems.

Thank you in advance,
Dr.Morbius

better?

@nicomen:

can you fix the logotype on the site, please? The small gfx is nice, but the font with the red square has no relevance to aminets history (aminet always used an italic font with serifs).

It might sound silly for you, but I really see no need to copycat AINCs corporate identity for the identity of something which actually was one of the major pillars why "amiga" (as whole community incl. morphos, aros, etc.) is still alive today. AINC did nothing for this, and so it's IMHO a slap into face for old school ppl and now members of the "non-red" camps to see the so far AINC-independent aminet under the "AINC [corporate] flag.".

There is NO need for a silly red square displayed in some obscure angle.


Thanks for your understanding, I'm looking forward to the "fix". Don't tell me again you have no time, there was also time to fix the antialiasing of the logo.


regards,
tokai

The original logo was a direct copy of the AINC logo. This actually isn't. The layout and logo are meant to be as slick as possible but still recognizable. the square is a "non-figurative" version of the old aminet logotype.

I have been considering your repetive requests, but I have concluded that it works ok as it is, specially since a lot of people have commented that it looks ok too.

Maybe I'll add a theme functionality like I did on UtilityBase after some people felt offended (or what not) because it was red (sigh).

Here's a dump of the old and new aminet page for you to compare:

Aminets - new and old

Quote:

Thanks alot. 8)
The architecture is m68k-amigaos, coz it had been written in asm. But it should work on Peg. Especially with (e)audio.device.

@nicomen

Thanks for your work.

Do you plan to bring the personalized recent lists back?

@nicomen:

no, you're wrong the old aminet identity was a ripoff of the "AMIGA" font which was branded into the plastic of the amiga cases, since the old CBM days. A ripoff with tradition.

AINCs logo is not italic and has the silly red square which was just a ripoff of some other logotypes.

So, the current logo on aminet.net does not "show" anything besides "bounds" to current AINC, which is not what you want in the first place I guess, as you said yourself you want to have a software archive for all amiga-like systems to stop the cluttering on the specialized sites.

I can life with a new aminet logotype as long it does not try to inherit AINCs corporate identity. So replace the silly red square by a normal 'i' dot and its fine for me. The rest of site is nice. And I don't think skinning is required (well... maybe if you add a grey/yellow theme ;)

Anyway, such inheritations offer AINC as company to instrumentalize the aminet for marketing. That this works nicly you see all over the place in the net. And I personaly do not have any interest in helping AINC for marketing when I offer my software/ free products to the aminet. Thats the whole point. So as long this red square is there I'll not upload anything to aminet as I had in mind.

regards,
tokai

>So, the current logo on aminet.net does not "show" anything besides "bounds" to current AINC

i dont think that getting rid of the new style font
changes much. Most people (like me) would not recognize the difference.

Amiga Inc will profit from Aminets good reputation,
even when using a green skin and Sütterlin Font.

@weiseb:
> dont think that getting rid of the
> new style font changes much. Most
> people (like me) would not recognize the
> difference.

Nothing against the font really (well... old one would look bit better, IMHO), just the silly square.

> Amiga Inc will profit from Aminets
> good reputation, even when using a
> green skin and Sütterlin Font.

Prolly. but w/o I didn't supported them under their corporate identity at least.


regards,
tokai



[ Edited by tokai on 2005/2/17 13:12 ]

Quote:with all due........ respect......WHAT?????

I mean, this "amiga inc" you speak of does not exist. there is no "amiga inc".

PLUS,

aminet has NEVER had anything to do with any amiga-type company. aminet has always been us - amiga users. period. It was not created to make any company look good. it was made for and by amiga users only for us. there was never any political connection in any way.

and, btw, the so-called "war" is over. there is no "red" or "blue" now. there is just amiga users.

Let's move past all that silly nonsense of the past.
Aminet is putting on a new face - and I personally LOVE the look. It's being made more updated and useful. and THAT is the only thing that matters.

I love your software, tokai, and no one will force you to upload your work anywhere you don't wish it to be.
that's because aminet is totally voluntary. that's what makes it great.
that's what keeps it going.

and that is why it has and will continue to survive while various amiga companies die out.

aminet is greater than any company. companies depend on money.....

aminet depends on love for amiga.

Actually the picture you showed me the other day proves you wrong:

http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/commodore/images/amiga/aminet_18.jpg

Notice the Amiga logo at the right bottom and the Aminet "logo" on the top.

I'll see what can be done with the red square that you have such fear against :)

As for personalized Recents, yes that is planned.

@Nicomen

Don't listen to Tokai, he is on drugs again

Good work with Aminet. I like it.

@tokai

Ah, and btw. if you're so inclined to use anything resembling a company you don't like. I guess you never bought products from Genesi either then?

http://home.polarboing.com/nicomen/hoax/

(look at http://aminet.net now) looking forward to your software ;)

@Cecilia

Quote:

I am not an Amiga user.. I am an 'Amigist', but not an Amiga user. There is a big difference.

Quote:i have NO idea what in the heck you are talking about.

is this like the difference between "trekkies" and "trekkers"????

if so, you are being retarded.

Quote:

Maybe its a girl thing. Anyway, I will explain more

an Amiga User= A user who owns an Amiga(and uses it)
an Amigist = A user of an (Amiga-like) alternative solution (WinUAE, Amithlon, MorphOS, AROS etc.) who share the views of an Amiga user but do not own Amiga.


I am no more Amiga user, I sold it long time ago. But I still have the same inner spirit left as when I owned one.

Though, as you mentioned, I can also be retarded.

well, as I still have my original amiga2000, and I use WinUAE regularly, my peg sometimes and play around with AROS, what the heck am I?

an amiga user. that's it. no need to make up new words.

"amiga" is not simply hardware or even software. it's the way your brain operates when you use computers. even when I use other OS's I'm still multitasking the way the amiga taught me. and THAT is what makes me an amiga user.

amiga gave me alot and that's why I remain loyal. even though many things have changed.

@nicomen:

much better now, now i can sleep w/o worries thx.


and yes, i also think genesi "reused" some of ideas too. They should have skipped the silly red square over the "i" too and just keept the coloured thingy... but well.