I have now uploaded my Usenet newsreader project to Codeberg, so you guys can see the progress I make and try it out yourself. There are no releases...I have now uploaded my Usenet newsreader project to Codeberg, so you guys can see the progress I make and try it out yourself. There are no releases yet and no binaries you can install, because the project is still missing too much functionality to be generally useful. You can compile it from source if you want to try it.
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Here's a first preview of Item, my Usenet newsreader project. The editor that shows the article content is not part of Item. I plan to add a...Here's a first preview of Item, my Usenet newsreader project. The editor that shows the article content is not part of Item. I plan to add a built-in article viewer and editor, but that will most likely come later, not in the first release. One of the first things I did was add support for decoding RFC2047-style subjects and authors, without that most entries look broken. There's a lot to do to make Item a modern Haiku application, like using system colors, adding translations with the Locale Kit and improve scaling by using the Layout Kit. Don't expect too much from the first version, but I try to release one soon that at least allows you to read some content. Show more

Today I started work on a new project, a native Usenet Newsreader for Haiku. There are two different ones in HaikuArchives, NewsBe:...Today I started work on a new project, a native Usenet Newsreader for Haiku. There are two different ones in HaikuArchives, NewsBe: github.com/HaikuArchives/NewsBe and Item: github.com/HaikuArchives/Item - I found NewsBe a few months earlier and planned to base my work on it, but it crashes frequently and I didn't make a successful network connection with it so far. Item, on the other hand, works without major issues and connects to my newsserver just fine. That it only shows the logged-out content should be rather easy to fix. The major missing puzzle piece is a built-in article viewer and editor, it uses a external text editor that isn't optimized for this task currently. Anyway, I decided for Item to be the base for my modernization efforts, so that Haiku will hopefully soon have a first-class native Usenet experience. Show more

I've just released BeAIM 1.7.1 which fixes several bugs and small annoyances. The most notable changes are that you can now see the profile message...I've just released BeAIM 1.7.1 which fixes several bugs and small annoyances. The most notable changes are that you can now see the profile message and away message of other people (which never worked before), and that I added two small links for registering a new account or resetting a password, so you don't need to find that website yourself. You can download the packages from codeberg.org/nikisoft/BeAIM/releases/tag/1.7.1 or build your own by cloning the repository and running "make package". Have fun! Show more

Bugs that only happen randomly sometimes without a way to reliably reproduce them can be really hard to fix.I have now already collected three BeAIM...Bugs that only happen randomly sometimes without a way to reliably reproduce them can be really hard to fix.I have now already collected three BeAIM bugs that I can't reproduce.Unfortunately,they all happened in a release build.Had they happened in the debug build,I could probably have read some details what happened in the Debugger.
- If you close BeAIM with multiple chat windows open,it can sometimes crash with a segmentation fault.
- I had BeAIM just randomly crash,also while multiple windows were open but I wasn't doing anything in that moment.
- The settings file can contain window positions for the same chat multiple,but during my test,it was cleaning up the old entries correctly (maybe my entries were still there from a older version,not sure about that).
Anyway,I'm making good progress towards releasing the next version of BeAIM.Some small annoyances have been fixed already.Maybe I'll finish it in the coming week. Show more

I hoped I can make some progress on the next BeAIM update today,but without testing that's difficult.The server is super unreliable today.Most times...I hoped I can make some progress on the next BeAIM update today,but without testing that's difficult.The server is super unreliable today.Most times I can't login.Sometimes I can,but then I'm often thrown out after a while.One bugfix is ready now,only waiting for the final test.Maybe it works better later or tomorrow. Show more

Profile text and away messages do now work in BeAIM! \o/ I was already stuck on that problem for multiple hours when I last worked on BeAIM,then I...Profile text and away messages do now work in BeAIM! \o/ I was already stuck on that problem for multiple hours when I last worked on BeAIM,then I gave up.Today I was stuck for multiple hours again,but finally found the solution.It's only a few changed lines in the code that make such a huge difference.When loading the buddy list,the userClass field has a length of 2 that was hardcoded.But when requesting user details,the same userClass field does now have a length of 4.The protocol contains a tlvLength param that can be used to detect this,which is now properly done. Show more

I hoped I could do some work on BeAIM today,but unfortunately it seems the server is down right now.That's something I don't control.And developing...I hoped I could do some work on BeAIM today,but unfortunately it seems the server is down right now.That's something I don't control.And developing without testing the changes isn't a great idea,so I'll have to wait a bit longer.Maybe it works later today.Now doing some bugfixes on Haiku itself. Show more

I tried compiling the new Ladybird browser for Haiku again.Had good success with it in the past when it was still part of the SerenityOS project...I tried compiling the new Ladybird browser for Haiku again.Had good success with it in the past when it was still part of the SerenityOS project and,in fact,the SerenityOS version still builds fine here,but the fork where almost all development is happening nowadays doesn't.I finally gave up after wasting multiple hours,before even touching the Ladybird codebase.It now depends on several third-party libraries.Some of them are small and easy to get working,but the bloated Google stuff isn't.I made Skia work but gave up on Angle.There's no good documentation,git submodules don't init cleanly and finally the build system throws numerous errors before even attempting to start the build. Show more

The new icons look great,thanks.

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Maybe you can use Haikus own icons,they're available here: git.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/data/artwork/icons
They're also available in SVG or PNG format that you can use for websites here: github.com/darealshinji/haiku-icons
Some additional icons created by Zumi are here: zumikkebe.github.io/zumi-haiku/

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