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Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: loadman on May 01, 2026, 11:20:13 pm

Title: Mala 2.0 is being developed
Post by: loadman on May 01, 2026, 11:20:13 pm

Thanks to A.I. , I was able to revive the soruce code from Delphi 2007 to use Delphi 12 IDE to compile it again

I had to replace a bunch of old supporting libs and fork out some cash for code to support video previews in layouts and video screensaver.
But 2.0 beta is working but with a bunch of bugs at the moment.  I will work though them with a view of releasing a new beta version in coming months, I also need to revive the website from an old backup.

Anyway, So with your encouragement I intend to bring this old FE back to life
Thanks for your patience :-)

Title: Re: Mala 2.0 is being developed
Post by: Zebidee on May 02, 2026, 04:45:18 pm

Wonderful to see Mala's resurrection. I miss the simple functionality.

Title: Re: Mala 2.0 is being developed
Post by: nipsmg on May 03, 2026, 02:01:35 pm

Wow, blast from the past.  Very cool!

Title: Re: Mala 2.0 is being developed
Post by: TopJimmyCooks on May 04, 2026, 06:39:56 pm

Dang, I just popped on to start looking at an FE to upgrade to, and this pops up. still running MalaFE/autohotkey/ on my rotating lcd cab but the old PC is dying.   might be a good time to test the revived/new version

Title: Re: Mala 2.0 is being developed
Post by: Ond on May 05, 2026, 12:29:42 am

Great news! Mala is still my favourite FE. Interested to see what v2.0 brings.

Title: Re: Mala 2.0 is being developed
Post by: gatordad on May 09, 2026, 10:23:38 pm

Awesome news!

Title: Re: Mala 2.0 is being developed
Post by: DaOld Man on May 17, 2026, 10:04:37 pm

Great news indeed!
Will the old plugins be compatible with 2.0. or will we need to work on them also?

Thanks for your work on this Loadman.
I still use Mala, and love it.