I must reluctantly announce that I am suspending FaceSpan 5 development. I want to thank you all, particularly those that have contributed their time and effort to help me move FaceSpan 5 forward.<\/p>\n\n
The just released FaceSpan 5.0d70 build will continue to run and has no expiry dates built in. The projects you build with it should continue to execute.<\/p>\n\n
My reasons for suspending FaceSpan development are many. Chief among them are that I keep missing every deadline I have set for myself. I am now over 2 years into this project and I cannot clearly see how to wrap development up so that I have a product to sell. I also am feeling that in the time it has taken me to do this work, the world has moved on and AppleScript-based UIs are not going to be relevant in the marketplace. The Web, Flash and other technologies are moving much faster than AppleScript or I can match. Additionally, there many technical limitations in AppleScript and Cocoa Scripting that I keep having to hack around in order to make FaceSpan usable.<\/p>\n\n
All of this has left me feeling burnt out and I need some perspective. So I’m going to down-tools on FaceSpan for an indefinite period of time. I’m hoping that I can find a way to revive or reuse the work I’ve done at some point in the future, but I have no specific plans at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I must reluctantly announce that I am suspending FaceSpan 5 development.<\/p>