TwitterOnward and Upward
February 27, 2010 09:03 PM Filed in: hurrikenux
| Demeter
I suppose it is time to
make an announcement, especially to my loyal users who
have waited patiently for any bit of news.
Long story short, Demeter 2 was coming along decently but hit roadblocks when trying to add in future technologies supported in Leopard and Snow Leopard. Most of this is due to issues regarding needing to keep in older code sets as the Shiira 1.X codebase is hard-coded to use it for custom interface elements (and Tab Expose for example). This, coupled with hard times on the home front, has made work extremely challenging.
For this reason, I’ve had to scrap everything and start over. Starting from scratch is not an easy task, but I can pull in previous work once the browser base is set. Demeter has always been meant to be an alternative to other WebKit-based browsers with unique features, and while the Social Networking additions will fuel this I would like to take a fresh approach to how the web browsing is done. Tabs are great, and almost all browsers use them now, but tabs take up screen real estate. What is the next step in browser evolution past tabs? Any ideas for this would be greatly appreciated.
I will also be moving web hosts in a month or so. This means losing the current host this site and forums reside on and moving everything to my existing MobileMe account. The forums will likely be dumped ( again I know, sorry
) in favor of using Google Groups or
Get Satisfaction. I hope that all of you that have
stuck with me will continue to do so, as I would
like to make the next release of Demeter the best
ever. The release that brings tons of new features
and tons of new users, and what I hope you and I
were all waiting for together.
Long story short, Demeter 2 was coming along decently but hit roadblocks when trying to add in future technologies supported in Leopard and Snow Leopard. Most of this is due to issues regarding needing to keep in older code sets as the Shiira 1.X codebase is hard-coded to use it for custom interface elements (and Tab Expose for example). This, coupled with hard times on the home front, has made work extremely challenging.
For this reason, I’ve had to scrap everything and start over. Starting from scratch is not an easy task, but I can pull in previous work once the browser base is set. Demeter has always been meant to be an alternative to other WebKit-based browsers with unique features, and while the Social Networking additions will fuel this I would like to take a fresh approach to how the web browsing is done. Tabs are great, and almost all browsers use them now, but tabs take up screen real estate. What is the next step in browser evolution past tabs? Any ideas for this would be greatly appreciated.
I will also be moving web hosts in a month or so. This means losing the current host this site and forums reside on and moving everything to my existing MobileMe account. The forums will likely be dumped ( again I know, sorry
) in favor of using Google Groups or
Get Satisfaction. I hope that all of you that have
stuck with me will continue to do so, as I would
like to make the next release of Demeter the best
ever. The release that brings tons of new features
and tons of new users, and what I hope you and I
were all waiting for together.
Status update
June 22, 2009 09:10 PM Filed in: hurrikenux
| Demeter
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.
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.
New Forums are official!
March 24, 2009 08:29 PM Filed in: hurrikenux
Getting Ready for Demeter 2
March 08, 2009 02:06 PM Filed in: hurrikenux
| Demeter
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.
Demeter 1.5 Final Beta (3)
February 21, 2009 04:11 PM Filed in: Demeter
It is with mixed
emotions that I announce the release of Demeter 1.5
Beta 3, which will be the final beta. There are many
reasons for this, including issues with old sources and
the reemergence of the Shiira developer. I recommend
Shiira 2.x to anyone who wishes to continue to use
browsers based on this code set. I have release a built
binary as well as the source, although I recommend
anyone interested in using the source to contact the
Shiira developer for updated 2.x sources. The Page Dock
is disabled in this release due to it causing a crash,
this was fixed by the Shiira developer in his recent
releases. I recommend switching to tab mode if you wish
to continue using Demeter 1.5 Beta.
I am pleased to announce that I have been coding away on Demeter 2. I realize how much I set myself back in trying to move to a new code set instead sticking with the 1.x code set - or moving to something of my own. I hope to have news of Demeter 2’s release up very soon. The news will be located at http://www.hurrikenux.com/Demeter when it is available.
Here are the download links:
Binary
http://www.hurrikenux.com/Testing/Demeter15beta3.dmg
Source
http://www.hurrikenux.com/Testing/Demeter15_Src.zip
I am pleased to announce that I have been coding away on Demeter 2. I realize how much I set myself back in trying to move to a new code set instead sticking with the 1.x code set - or moving to something of my own. I hope to have news of Demeter 2’s release up very soon. The news will be located at http://www.hurrikenux.com/Demeter when it is available.
Here are the download links:
Binary
http://www.hurrikenux.com/Testing/Demeter15beta3.dmg
Source
http://www.hurrikenux.com/Testing/Demeter15_Src.zip
Demeter Release Upcoming.
February 19, 2009 11:47 PM Filed in: Demeter
The final beta release
will be upcoming along with some news. I hope to have
it up in the next week. I thank everyone for your
patience.
I'm Finally Back!
January 07, 2009 03:24 PM Filed in: hurrikenux
| Demeter
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.
Do you know the Muffin Man?
October 04, 2008 11:42 AM Filed in: Demeter
As I continue to fix
bugs (or at least try), I would like to give everyone a
reminder that you can track progress using The
Demeter Bug Tracker. I will be using this reliably
again, as I understand it has been a long while since
an update. The next update will most likely be bugfixes
only. It will be necessary to fix problems with the
base code of Shiira 2.0 before I can add the things I
would like to make Demeter its own.
Immense Amount Of Bugfixes.
September 06, 2008 07:17 PM Filed in: Demeter
Unfortunately, tracking
down and fixing an immense amount of bugs has been
harder than I originally thought. This is why a release
has not happened yet, and why you have not heard much
from me since starting back working. Some of these bugs
have been fixed, such as the garbled Shelf. Others,
such as drag-able tabs and losing bookmarks when
dragging/dropping between folders in the Shelf, have
been harder to track down and rectify. In some
instances, a complete re-write of the code is needed to
fix issues. Please bear with me as I try and chop
through these issues.
One Month Since an Update
August 08, 2008 10:19 PM Filed in: hurrikenux
| Demeter
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.
! 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.