Archive for May, 2010

What’s in progress right now

Friday, May 21st, 2010

At the moment, I’m just polishing off a new central macro library. This is a feature I’ve wanted for the longest time for the WM website — a central place where you can easily sort through and share macros.

The new library will be linked to your forum account, and you will be able to upload, browse, comment, and rate macros. There will also be versioning support for updating your own macros.

Eventually, I want to have this integrated into the WM application itself, so that downloading from the online macro library is never more than a few clicks away. But the first step is making it available on the web, and that will be happening soon, along with other website updates!

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2.2 Released

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

WM 2.2 is now available in wide release, with the upgrade site online for registered users, 2.2 replacing 2.1 for all new users,  and WM 2.2 Basic Edition available on the main website.

There are a variety of other things in the works for WM in the immediate future. The next set of things I want to address are not functionality improvements, but support improvements. Specifically:

  • One of my immediate goals is to create a central library for Macros and Plugins on the WM webpage, allowing users to submit them to be shared with all, rated, etc. A little further down the line, my intention is to also fold this library to directly integrate into World Machine, so that you can browse for interesting macros, download them to your local machine, or upload to the general public all without leaving World Machine.
  • Add a series of short video tutorials on using World Machine to help new users get on their feet quicker.
  • Other information and fleshing out of the Support section — possibly a Wiki, although I’m not sure about that one.

I want to get all of these kinds of improvements done before I launch into another round of functionality enhancements. More info to come later on!

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World Machine 2.2 First Release

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Hey folks,

World Machine 2.2 is now available! As mentioned before, the first rollout is to readers of the blog this weekend.

Go to the update site for further details!

http://update.world-machine.com/

The update site contains an overview of what’s new, as well as a brief survey that I’d really love for everyone to fill out, and download functionality.

There are a variety of odds and ends that need fleshing out still — in particular, the update to the users’ manual is still being worked on, and information needs to be added on how to use the new installer, automation, etc. However, for those chomping at the bit, have at it!

Over this weekend, I hope to finish up some of the above but more specifically to catch up with the forums, which have been sorely neglected by me of late.  After a brief interval, sometime mid next week the emails will go out to all users and WM 2.2 will become the default new download for all!

But for now, I’m tired and ready for some sleep. Enjoy!

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