> is there any statistics about [...] # of people who paid
> the license fee?

Number of licences:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=5875&forum=14&start=100#69534

Some users have serveral licences though, so user number is lower.

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6778&forum=3

I don't like Trashcan concept as it's mostly useless. SFS .recycled dir is a better idea for the reasons listed by JPV, but I never had to use it. Like JC Marcos says... the user is supposed to know what he`s doing.

BTW, if you want to recover lost/deleted files you can use SFSDoctor, it's included with the OS.

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@ CrumbI
don't like Trashcan concept as it's mostly useless. SFS .recycled dir is a better idea for the reasons listed by JPV, but I never had to use it. Like JC Marcos says... the user is supposed to know what he`s doing.
Too many negatives...

YOUR Redemption
BTW, if you want to recover lost/deleted files you can use SFSDoctor, it's included with the OS.

Global Trash by Oliver Blumert (on Aminet) is really cool and complete for those who want a trashcan on Ambient.
It works ok though it has a little issue (I guess on MorphOS): when you open prefs you can configure everything with no problem but after the window prefs is closed you can open it anymore, unless you reboot.

Is a simple way to get the trash folder visible on the drive of your choice:

1.) download a PNG picture whatever you want
2.) copy this PNG into the root of DH0/DH1/DH2 etc
3.) open CLI
4.) type following command (on each drive you have...)
"rename <Filename>.png .recycled.info"
5.) now you have an icon for your trash folder

To place it on your desktop create a new panel, set transparency to 1 and then add the icon of your trash to this panel. thats all

You can copy the Icon with Ambient, click All/Files, rmb/Information on the .recycled dir and drag & drop.
No need to use the Shell.

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I never noticed it until I read this topic, but I think there should be an icon on the desktop relating to deleted items, similar to Trash or Recycle Bin. The explanation that it is not necessary because of the SFS is only confusing to me. The only conclusion I can guess, is that the SFS is a much more improved version of a Recycle Bin, but I do not understand why a Recycle Bin icon and folder can't be a feature of the SFS Deleted Hidden Subfolder or whatever it's called.

I am now going to share my experience with Windows and how it parallels with MorphOS. Windows is very slow Operating System. Every necessary feature that Microsoft adds to Windows, they add 14 other unnecessary features. I spend about two weeks figuring out how to undo the new unnecessary and very slow bloatware features. Undoing things such as Start Screen, Metro Apps, and the setting Metro Apps as the default Apps is also annoying, Edge Swipes, Hot Corners, Charms Bar, ... in addition to setting my recommended preference of "Use Windows For Best Performance" setting, and the High Contrast Setting ... I do not like needing to customize it just to make it usable.

Morphos is both slightly similar and slightly different. While every feature is turned ON by default with Windows, every feature is turned OFF by default with MorphOS! Why? Because Amiga Users have no use for these features?! Will adding such features risk decreasing MorphOS performance? So, now I have to customize MorphOS which involves complicated procedures similar to the complicated procedure of purging Metro Apps from Windows.

I do not like the solution of moving files to Ram Disk (What is a RAM Disk?) I like the solution of SFS Doctor, Global application available for download, and the preference settings.

Is there a knowledge base included with MorphOS? You will need one. Also, you simply must write a Knowledge Base article perhaps in the MorphOS Wiki also, offering solutions for the Trash Icon.

Quickly dismissing the requested feature because Amiga users and programmers have no use for the feature is going to detract potential new users looking to try a new OS.


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The dir itself is not visible in Ambient just like that. Even with All Files turned on. I can enter the .recycled dir with / in my Ambient window, but .recycled isnt showing even when All Files is checked. However, after have typed .recycled the dir stays on the top of the Ambient window.

Is there a SFS setting somewhere? Because I dont see it in SFS prefs?

Michal

> What is a RAM Disk?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_drive
http://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS_Manual:_Workbench_Basic_Operations#Using_the_Ram_Disk

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As you said, both include some work, and I think that two weeks of undoing is worse than going through the settings and enabling what you want... if they are enabled by default they also have cluttered all kinds of data over the HD which is harder to clean. But aren't everyone going through all the settings in the new operating systems anyway? At least I do that with Windows, OSX, and MorphOS every time I install a new system. And I don't think MorphOS (or any other marginal system) is that appealing to that incompetent people who don't like to take a look at the settings at all...

Amiga users also have used to start to tune their systems from really plain starting points. We've even seen that some complain that MorphOS is too modern for their taste (with the default settings). In any case, it's impossible to make the default settings which everyone would be happy, and that's why everyone should take a look at prefs, it's not that hard.

That said, in my own opinion MorphOS could be little more configured by default too :)


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Why would you _need_ to move files to Ram Disk? It's there only to offer more flexibility for the people who think it's handy for temporary files. Many Amiga users love and are grown to it, but using it isn't required, you may as well use HD for anything too although it's slower and you have to clean it manually.

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Core MorphOS developers are fully employed with the developing, and so far nobody else has volunteered to write the proper documentation for the recent versions. The older Pegasos Books are pretty nice for older versions.

In any case, you should have seen the MorphOS Library wiki here, it is the best we have currently, and I think it's a good idea to extend it for the documentation. There's even an explanation of that SFS's .recycled directory: http://library.morph.zone/Tips_and_Tricks#.recycled_Directory


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You can select if there is a .recycled directory on the partition, or if it's visible or not, when formatting the partition. I don't remember now if it can be changed later from any setting....

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That makes the assusumption that everyone uses SFS for their data. I don't and I'm far from the only one.

Does the ICE filesystem include a recycle, or trash handling function like SFS?

Are there any polls, or statistics anywhere which show how many users are using ICE-FS instead of SFS?

I have thought about switching to ICE-FS, but have delayed such a move because I never see much discussion about it, and even less forum messages about it, or about any improvements to ICE-FS during the last couple of years. Is it still being actively developed by it's author?

IceFS has a .recycled dir, too. The author did not release updates for about two years. If he stopped development I cannot know. There was a mailing list once but it has been closed a while ago. I hope he still develops it because there are some annoying bugs like slow speed on more than half full disks and sometimes read errors that I do not have with SFS. This is why I never really switched to IceFS. but you can give it a try. Only use an empty disk for it to not use your data.

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Thanks for the reply and tips about IceFS. I guess I will stick with SFS, or maybe try PSF3, which I have long had a registered copy of, but have never really used.

Just to throw in my few cents...

The SFS' .recycled really does not work like a Windows user would expect from a Trashcan - it does not store just the deleted files, but also versions of old files (depending on how an application updates them).

Now, it'd be quite easy to add a Trashcan to the OS since it seems there's some demand for that. I'd be willing to do that for a 400 eur bounty which would cover extending Ambient with the functionality.

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Ok... but a another solution:

Ease solution: Create in the ambient filetypes global under "every files" a seperate "delete" entry
But this entry did't delete files, but it make a copy to a special location.
Now you can recycle the "deleted" files every time you want.




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Well, I will throw in a few cents as well...

I know that MorphOS isn't commercial in the sense that its sales can provide for paid development, far from it. That's obvious. But still, it's not a free OS, it's being sold for money. Users pay money for it. And given the "MorphOS counter" thread, there is still a slow but steady development regarding license sales.

I appreciate that developers (MorphOS developers included of course) offers their services against a bounty fee. I think this can be an opportunity for the community to acquire SW that's needed and wanted, voluntarily funded by community members.

But personally I don't really think that it's proper to ask for bounty-money for implementing rather simple user-wanted features of the OS itself. As you say, it's an easy job, and you aren't asking for much at all. €400 would be easily achieved by a few donations only. But couldn't you handle these kind of small changes (and the payment for the workload) internally within the MorphOS team, from license fees? Improving the product according to customers needs and wants (like what's been communicated in this thread) is a good thing for future sales, right?

Asking for bounty-money for developing stuff not directly connected to the OS itself is a bit different IMHO, like the Odyssey bounty [for OS4/AROS] (which I was a proud sponsor of, since I'm a fan of FAB!!1!) and the Javascript JIT for Odyssey, odd drivers, etc.

Well, that's my 2 €urocents (though I'm not even a fan of the €uro... )

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I would be happy to nominate myself for writing, but it would risk errors because I know few things about MorphOS. My attempting to write articles would involve risk pestering people on these forums to read and verify if information is accurate.

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Is this true with MorphOS? How severe is the impact on enabling by default with MorphOS?

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Two More Cents: While asking for bounty is not the perfect solution, it is possible considering that there is much other development to consider. The MorphOS Team is probably much more concerned with things such as targeting a new hardware platform.

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Well... if someone would do the writing job, I think that many of us are willing to give help on technical details. For example I can give technical help and details, but the actual writing is quite laborous and slow for me to get it correct grammatically etc :) I guess the MorphOS Library wiki could be useful to combine the effort...

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It's mainly a problem for other systems, luckily MorphOS is pretty clean in this regard.

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Listen, the reason I'm asking for a bounty is due to several reasons:

- that project would be extra work not related to what I actually do in MorphOS these days
- easy doesn't mean it wouldn't take a quite a bit of time
- I need to justify the extra hours to my wife (and that one is most important)
- the registrations aren't for salaries
- my code in Ambient would have to be GPL and I despise GPL :)

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I do not have an account with libary.morph.zone although I would enjoy one. I see you have an account at the libary?

I began to begin my own wiki knowledge base, combining all Commodore Amiga information and anything related to it. My hope is to attract new users if they find the Wiki in the Google search. I will give anybody with knowledge admin privileges so that they can correct any error I cause by risk writing the not accurate information.

I sent the editor request email for library.morph.zone