I used PipeDream on the Cambridge Z88, and only briefly tried it on other platforms under the PipeDream (Archimedes, MS-DOS) and Fireworkz (Windows) names. I think it was a great moonshot of an idea, ahead of its time when you consider Affinity has done the same thing with Illustration/Layout/Photos.
The screenshots of RISC OS bring back fond memories of playing with it in our school computer room (which was mostly BBC Micros but had a few RISC) - mostly playing Lemmings as I recall! It felt pretty cool at the time though
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I used PipeDream on the Cambridge Z88, and only briefly tried it on other platforms under the PipeDream (Archimedes, MS-DOS) and Fireworkz (Windows) names. I think it was a great moonshot of an idea, ahead of its time when you consider Affinity has done the same thing with Illustration/Layout/Photos.
The screenshots of RISC OS bring back fond memories of playing with it in our school computer room (which was mostly BBC Micros but had a few RISC) - mostly playing Lemmings as I recall! It felt pretty cool at the time though
The "Icon Tray" here is actually the "Icon Bar" and discussed so widely it's the name of the main Risc OS forum to this day.
Pipedream always was spectacularly odd, even at the time.
My browser had this down as a phising site? The actual content seems fine though.
The site is fine. Doesn't show up as anything bad on Firefox on Mac. I've been reading the site for months, never had a problem.
Same here (Firefox on Windows). But when I opened it in Firefox on my Android phone, it seems fine.
Confirm via uBo. Didn't bother with content because of that.
Actually parts of the content aren't loading, probably also due to it being listed? Strange though! I wonder what happened?
Looks like the source is on PhishTank: https://www.phishtank.net/phish_detail.php?phish_id=9419370
Interesting, the source is (a subdomain on) the Ghost blogging platform.
I think fireworkz pro was the next evolution of the concept.
Brings back good memories of playing fun games with my siblings.
Our first computer was an Acorn BBC B Microcomputer.
In some ways Archimedes' RiscOS was ahead of its time, in some ways it was a disappointment. It never matured due to lack of momentum, market share.
I suppose that most of all, it reminds me of time when actual, genuine real innovation in UI design was still on the menu.