Author: J. F. Lemaire (205.163-244-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be)
Date: 02-21-2008 09:23
"So long as programs written with the latest tools will still run on a bog-standard Falcon running original TOS, I guess I'll try it out."
If you don't make calls non-existent in TOS 4.x in you program, there is no reason why it wouldn't run.
"I was worried that it might be incompatible since the screenshots of stuff using FreeMiNT and AES replacements look a cross between the ugliest elements of old Amiga and pre-Gnome/KDE Linux and nothing like the good old clean TOS desktop that I know and love."
I agree that some widgets do look amateurish, but there are about 20 of them provided with XaAES and if none satisfies your taste, you can always design a new one (it's just a matter of editing a resource file in a resource editor).
"I can make the new AES desktops look like an actual Atari desktop, yes?"
There are no new AES desktops, if there ever was. And anyway, the look is defined by the AES. If you definitely want the original look & feel of Atari GEM, you need AES 4.1, which is actually not that bad, even if a bit slow. You can also add TeraDesk for a better but not-too-different alternative desktop to the very limited one bundled with AES 4.1.
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