OS/2 News

I read that in Germany there will be a new OS/2 magazine. (NO Windows in sight!) YES! I am really exited about this. :)

For anybody out there who can read german, you have got to get this magazine. Just a few months ago, the then only OS/2 magazine, announced that they would be taking the OS/2 Inside (that's what it was called) of the marked, and just sell it with the Byte as a supplement, and that only if you subscribed. Well I don't really want the Byte.
But now there is a new magazine to look forward to. You can read about it on this page (it is in german tough!) Click her to find out more. They still want input for topics and stuff. Oh I forgot the best thing, with every 2nd magazine there will be a CD-ROM with all the best share and freeware programs in it. Is that awesome or what!? From the middle of july there will be a -OS/2 Only- homepage in german, and at the of july there will be one in english to. I'll keep you posted were it is. The first printed issue will appear on the 1st of august, latest on the 10th of august. It will cost no more than 12.80 DM (that is about 4 pounds) in Germany. The prise for use living abroad has not been set yet, but there will be a reduction for students etc. Again I'll let you know as soon as I find out!! The best is that the -Only- is aimed at end users, and if enough copies are sold in german, the publisher will producing an english edition to. I am sooooo exited about this. :o)

I guess everyone knows this but I'll mention it anyway. PM-View for OS/2. Need I say more?! The best program, ever, to edit you photos and any other format for pictures you can think of. You can download a 31 day free trial version at www.pmview.com

In my opinion the best Office package. And NOT only for OS/2. You can get it for all platforms going!

Good stuff about it: Excellent Word processor and Internet integration.

Bad stuff about it: Well not so bad, but not so good either. The spread sheet. I hate to admit this but Microsoft Excel is better. :( It has more and better ways to present data. But I hope that will change soon.

StarOffice version 5.1a is now available in the Sun Home page

Cost: FREE for privat use

• ...that you can drag & drop a complete page out of Netscape (I have only tried this with 2.02!) in to StarOffice 4.0. Just click anywhere on to the HTML in the Nav. with the right mouse button, and drag it into a blank StarOffice page, the complete HTML page will load.

• ...that you can make multiple drags in to PM-Viewer, and it will automatically start 'slide show'. Just mark all the icons of the pictures you want to look at (this works with one picture to), by either pulling open a window around the icons you want, or holding down 'Strg.' and then clicking on the icons you want. Then, with your right mouse button click on to any of the marked icons and drag the lot either on to the PM-Viewer icon or in an open PM-Viewer window. And that's it. It's as easy as that!?

• ...you can mail me with any other tips that you want to see on this page, or any comments you have about anything. Mail me