Jump to content

Timberwolf (web browser): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m →‎History: clean up, typo(s) fixed: November 19, 2009 → November 19, 2009,
(40 intermediate revisions by 26 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Main|Mozilla Firefox}}
{{Short description|Port of Firefox to the AmigaOS 4 platform}}
{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| screenshot = [[Image:Timberwolf Alpha 1.png|thumb|200px|Timberwolf Alpha 1 (Firefox 3.5 update 4)]]
| screenshot = Timberwolf Alpha 1.png
| name = Timberwolf web browser
| name = Timberwolf web browser
| developer = Thomas Frieden and Hans-Joerg Frieden
| developer = Thomas Frieden and Hans-Joerg Frieden
| released = {{Start date and age|2010|06|09}}
| released = {{Start date and age|2010|06|09}}
| frequently updated = Yes <!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->
| latest release version = 4.0.1.0252
| latest release version = 4.0.1.0252
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012|09|05}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012|09|05}}
| latest preview version = Release Candidate 3 (of Firefox 4.0.1)
| latest preview version = Release Candidate 3
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2012|09|05}}
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2012|09|05}}
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[XUL]]
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[XUL]]
| operating system = [[AmigaOS 4]]
| operating system = [[AmigaOS 4]]
⚫
| genre = [[Web browser]]
| language = Per implementation
⚫
| license =
| status = Abandoned
| website = {{URL|friedenhq.org/amiga/timberwolf/}}
⚫
| genre = [[Web browser]]
⚫
| license =
| website = [http://www.friedenhq.org FriedenHQ Site]
}}
}}


'''Timberwolf''' [[web browser]] is the name of an ongoing project created to port the [[Firefox]] browser to the [[AmigaOS 4]] platform. The Release Candidate 3 version was publicly made available to download on September 5, 2012.
'''Timberwolf''' was a port of the [[Firefox]] [[web browser]] to the [[AmigaOS 4]] platform.

It is called Timberwolf because it's not an official version of Firefox and not part of the main Firefox development [[Software repository|repository]], and because the name "Mozilla Firefox" is a registered [[Firefox#Trademark_and_logo|trademark]]; along with the official Firefox logo.


==History==
==History==
⚫
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 |access-date=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 halted on November 19, 2009, without significant results. Timberwolf was originally managed by Thomas and Hans-Joerg Frieden (AmigaOS 4 core developers).
TimberWolf is a 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 parallel to [[AmiZilla]] project that has the same intent. Amizilla had a more complex history, as it was started in 2003 from US firm DiscreetFX with the target of porting any running version of Mozilla engine based Firefox compatible browser to Amiga platforms. As long as Amizilla project was too ambitious the project was closed on November 19, 2009 without producing significative results. Timberwolf project is full managed by Thomas Frieden and Hans-Joerg Frieden (AmigaOS 4 core developers), who work at it as a spare time project. The first release has been made public in June 2010.

⚫
On July 23, 2012, the project was completed and money (6732.72 EUR) has been transferred to the Friedens.<ref>http://www.amigabounty.net/?function=viewproject&projectid=44</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}}</ref>
==Features==
{{expand section|date=July 2010}}
Amiga version of Timberwolf/Shiretoko/Firefox is based on [[XUL]] user-interface toolkit. The developers had to port a wrapper to XUL into Amiga, which was called [[XULRunner]], in order to being capable of then porting the whole Firefox to this platform.


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>
== See also ==
* [[AmiZilla]]
* [[NetSurf]]
* [[Origyn Web Browser]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
<references/>


{{Web browsers}}
{{Web browsers}}
Line 46: Line 33:
{{Mozilla projects}}
{{Mozilla projects}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Timberwolf (Web Browser)}}
[[Category:Web browsers based on Firefox]]
[[Category:Web browsers based on Firefox]]
[[Category:Discontinued web browsers]]
[[Category:AmigaOS 4 software]]
[[Category:AmigaOS 4 software]]
[[Category:Web browsers for AmigaOS]]
[[Category:Web browsers for AmigaOS]]

Revision as of 18:14, 5 November 2023

Timberwolf web browser
Developer(s)Thomas Frieden and Hans-Joerg Frieden
Initial releaseJune 9, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-06-09)
Stable release
4.0.1.0252 / September 5, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-09-05)
Preview release
Release Candidate 3 / September 5, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-09-05)
Written inC, XUL
Operating systemAmigaOS 4
TypeWeb browser
Websitefriedenhq.org/amiga/timberwolf/

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 halted 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

  1. ^ "Project: Timberwolf". AmigaBounty. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  2. ^ "AmigaBounty.net".
  3. ^ "Official Hyperion support forum".
  4. ^ "Steven Solie on Amigaworld.net".


Stub icon

This Web-software-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timberwolf_(web_browser)&oldid=1183654349"