A quick status update...

Yes, I am still hard at work. There are some recent changes that come along with the official release of Safari 4.0 and the WebKit that comes along with it that I have had to take into account.

There has also been some requests for source code. Right now, login/logout code is not complete for the Social Networking portion so I have been using personal credentials that I coded in for testing purposes. When I have that portion complete and can remove my credentials from the code, I will post a source package.

I will try to do this as soon as time allows. If you would like to join the project, please let us know in the forums.

The new forums are live at http://www.hurrikenux.com/forums!

As I continue development on Demeter 2, I am getting the site ready to realize its full potential. First off, there is a new bug tracking system in place at http://www.hurrikenux.com/bugs/ which is powered by Mantis. This more-powerful system should better help me to track issues and enhancements. I’m still mulling over whether or not this should be public or private. In addition, there will be a new forum powered by phpBB3 in the next couple of days. This will result in users having to re-register, for which I apologize. There were a lot of spam-bot users created, and SMF just doesn’t give me the flexibility I would like for the site forum. I hope the benefit will outweigh the inconvenience. Lastly, Demeter’s website will be updated to reflect the upcoming 2.0. This will be a lot of work, but I hope that I will get everything set up in a professional manner that is beneficial for all users. Check back throughout the week as I get everything online. For now the old forum is active, but it will be replaced before Friday of this week. Keep that in mind before posting and thank you for your support.

Yes, thats right - I am finally back in action. My family and I are finally situated and I should be able to get back to work on past projects. I’ve actually given some time to work on Demeter and I am currently trying to fix problems caused by the upcoming Safari 4. This will also help to backtrace the terrible problem of the browser crashing when closing a tab while it is still loading flash objects. Flash under the Safari 4 WebKit crash Demeter entirely. This is due to the many, many hacks the Shiira devs used to add special functionality to Shiira 2 (most of which is now officially supported by WebKit on its own). Pulling all this out and leaving any function may be a tall order as a lot of the standard features of Shiira (Demeter) are built around having to use these hacks. This is why development has stalled - do I continue to work with code that will almost have to be completely rewritten, or do I start fresh with my own code from the ground up? I have a lot of ideas for where I would like Demeter to go, maybe now is the time for a fresh start. Post your comments in the forum and let me know what you think.

This is just to let everyone know that I am back, and happily married ! I will be working on Demeter more now, and hope to have an update out mid-August. I will post here soon with more news.

You! Thank you for your patience as I face a very busy July. I hope to have Demeter 1.5 beta 3 out sometime in early August (or sooner if time permits). Until then, please keep the feedback on beta 2 coming.

This week you may see less of me as I switch to a brand-spanking new Intel mac.

I will also be out of town every once in a while through the month of July as I visit family. Releasing Demeter 1.5 is of the utmost priority for me and rest assured that I will do my best to get it released ASAP. Your feedback has been appreciated and I appreciate your continued feedback throughout this beta process.

Many Thanks
~K

The announcement commences:

I have been hard at work on the next iteration of Demeter. The next version will be 1.5 and will be based on the Shiira 2.x sources. A beta will be released this evening for testing to give everyone an idea what is in store for this new version. Demeter 1.x will see a minor update to add 10.3.9 support back in, fix some bugs, and give a stable final release. Portions of the new Demeter site will debut tonight, along with the download link to the beta. The forum will be restructured to account for Demeter 1.5 and 1.x.

This release will be BETA for now meaning that it will be subject to bugs. Some things that were problems in Shiira 2.x are fixed, some still remain. This will give an opportunity to collect all of these issues in one place and get them fixed. The forum will also have a suggestion area where you can give your own input on what you would like to see in Demeter 1.5.

Everything should be live by 7:00 PM EDT (Miami Time Zone)

Tomorrow an announcement is coming on the current state of Demeter. Check this page as well as the forums tomorrow as well. The update should be up about 1pm EDT (Miami Time Zone).

I will be making some announcements shortly to announce the current development status and what you can expect in future releases. I hope to have this news up this weekend, but I'll have to see if I can get some things wrapped up first.

If you haven't seen or picked up the MacUpdate Parallels promo that was released today, take a look.

Thanks to everyone who has sent in donations!

With this I bring some exciting news. Soon, I will be porting Demeter to a new platform. With the launch of WiiWare shall come the launch of WiiMeter. Its time Opera had some competition and Demeter will be bringing WebKit to the Wii. With all these W's its hard not to be excited. Award Fair Demeter with praise!

If you are like me, you noticed some strange issues after installing the Leopard Graphics Update 1.0. Mainly, these concern some sleep issues and even some booting issues. For me, my computer would not sleep, and on forced sleep would crash on wake with a garbled screen. I have a Power Mac G5 with a 7800GT, but this issue has even presented itself on some laptops.

A fix was collaborated upon by Mati and Link Dupont at the Apple Support site. I updated it to replace files even if they are newer.
Link to the thread:
Apple Support Thread
Link to my updated fix:
Unofficial Rollback 1.2

Only install this if you are having issues. This is not supported by Apple and make sure you know about what you are doing before installing this (meaning make extra SURE you believe this to be related to the Leopard Graphics Update).

Presenting the new site design for hurrikenux Creative. This should be the start to some changes 'round these parts (if you catch my drift). Demeter's site will also be getting an overhaul soon. This will all lead up to the release of Demeter 1.1. Stay tuned for more developments soon. (Thanks to multithemes.com for the wonderful new look)

I believe myself to be a modest individual, but as time is growing thin for me to keep up the work on Demeter and other future projects, I have heeded some suggestions and added a Donate button to the main page and the Demeter page.

I thank everyone for their support!

Uploaded my movie portfolio made by me and friends. Check it out to see some of the things I was up to before developing Demeter.

Happy Holidays Everyone! (Yes, its belated as I have been out of town)

...and for the news.
Support for 10.3.9 will end after the upcoming Demeter 1.0.9. This means some issues for Tiger and Leopard users will still remain until 1.1, but I hope to have these releases out very soon. 1.0.9 will concentrate on finishing many incomplete features.

Welcome to what will be a new look for hurrikenux Creative. The bulk of the site will be designed and published in RapidWeaver instead of iWeb. Look for the Demeter page to be updated soon with a full feature list and more screenshots.

In addition to posting about updates to Demeter and future projects here, I will be making this a true blog with podcasts, commentaries, reviews, and much much more. This was something that was taking too many steps with the old way of doing things.

Look for more soon (for real this time )