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-====== Using the Amiga desktop (Workbench),​ filemanagers,​ and Workbench replacements ======+====== Using the AmigaOS ​desktop (Workbench),​ filemanagers,​ and Workbench replacements ======
  
-The Amiga "​desktop"​ is called Workbench. Some basics:+The AmigaOS ​"​desktop"​ is called Workbench. Some basics:
  
   * First of all, you get menus by holding down the right mouse button. On the Amiga, like in OS/X, the application wide menus appear at the top of the screen. Some applications also have contextual menus that appear by the mouse pointer.   * First of all, you get menus by holding down the right mouse button. On the Amiga, like in OS/X, the application wide menus appear at the top of the screen. Some applications also have contextual menus that appear by the mouse pointer.
   * The windows representing folders can be made to always re-open in the same location and with the same size. You do this by clicking on the window, holding down the right mouse button and selecting "​Snapshot"​ from the menus.   * The windows representing folders can be made to always re-open in the same location and with the same size. You do this by clicking on the window, holding down the right mouse button and selecting "​Snapshot"​ from the menus.
-  * Apart from AmigaOS4, unless you have installed any extensions, ​the folders ​may need to be manually refreshed. This is a legacy from the days when Amiga was geared towards working with floppies, and you wanted to minimize drive access, especially since it was not guaranteed the wanted disk was still in the drive.+  * If using AmigaOS 3 the folders need to be manually refreshed.
   * You can choose to "leave out" an icon for a folder. This is similar to placing a shortcut on the desktop.   * You can choose to "leave out" an icon for a folder. This is similar to placing a shortcut on the desktop.
   * Many applications can iconify to the desktop - you might have seen this on some Linux windows managers or on Next.   * Many applications can iconify to the desktop - you might have seen this on some Linux windows managers or on Next.
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 +MorphOS uses Ambient desktop by default. It has some differences to Workbench used in AmigaOS.
 +  * You can let Ambient remember window and icon positions automatically
 +  * You can choose to "leave out" not only folders and programs but also your assigns
  
 ===== Preferences ===== ===== Preferences =====
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 ===== Filetypes and Deficons ===== ===== Filetypes and Deficons =====
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 +=== Ambient ===
 +Ambient has built-in configuration for most of filetypes. If you wish to add more you can add new types from mimetype settings in Ambient.
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 +=== Workbench ===
 TODO: Description and examples of filetypes configurations. TODO: Description and examples of filetypes configurations.
  
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 ===== Workbench replacements on Amiga-like OS's ===== ===== Workbench replacements on Amiga-like OS's =====
  
-TODO: Wanderer ​on AROS. Others?+  * Ambient (MorphOS desktop) 
 +  * Wanderer ​(AROS desktop) 
workbench.1297008998.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/02/06 16:16 by vidarh