Omega Progress: Oct. 31st 2009

Happy Halloween. Omega is coming along slowly but surely. The new driver is complete and right now I am opening the door to foreign languages. Next, I plan to begin work on developing the GUI to be more intuitive and user friendly. I think a full-scale redo is in order and that may push back the deadline a bit, but all the improvements will be well worth the wait. Once the GUI is done, I'll really start to hammer down and get this thing wrapped up. I am still optimistic about January 2010. So keep checking back for all the latest.

Omega Progress: Oct. 23rd, 2009

So, we have been well on our way, working hard at finalizing the Omega CE product. The new driver is about 80% complete and to standard, which is great! Can't wait to get this one done as it has been quite frustrating at times to work with. Once this driver is complete, we need to integrate it with another already existing driver, then test. Next we need to further enhance the GUI and I am projecting a dramatic change to that, so much that you might call it brand new. We are projecting to be complete with the first version of the Omega CE product by January 2010. I will, of course, continue to update this blog with all the latest Omega Progress news.

Omega Progress: Sept. 22nd, 2009

Hello everyone, it has been a nice vacation, but it is time to get back to work. Oct. 1st, 2009, is the official day that we will continue our development of the Omega product, all the way to its completion.

Omega CE Beta 2.0 is Done!!

As promised, Omega CE Beta 2.0 has been finalized and published today! Thanks to everyone for being so patient with us as we continuously set back the ETA. I assure you that the wait was well worth it. Go find out why: Omega CE Beta 2.0

Omega Progress: June 18th, 2009

For those of you anticipating the release of Omega Beta 2.0, I am sorry to inform you that our expected ETA (June 15th, 2009) must be pushed back again. The reason is that we are still working out the kinks, if you will. We are trying to ensure compatibility across a wide spectrum of available hardware and this sort of thing takes time. More time than I initially imagined, so the new ETA will be set for July 15th, 2009. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at james@blacklistsoft.com.

Omega Progress: May 15th, 2009

So, a few hours became a few more hours than I initially had hoped. I am finally in the "clean up" phase of development. Right now, I am just going around through all of the code and fixing what needs fixed; basically, tightening up all the loose ends and optimizing what I can. As for the original estimated release date of the new Omega (May 15th), that date obviously needs to be set back a little. How about June 15th? Keep checking back for further updates.

Omega Progress: April 18th, 2009

Finally, I am literally just a few hours away from being done. I decided, due to the lack of available hardware to test this on, to offer this new version as Beta 2.0. I plan to keep Omega; in its newest form, beta for at least 3 months before I finalize it. This should give us enough time to gather enough information to determine the overall friendliness and effectiveness of Omega on a wide array of systems. Of course as a beta version, Omega will be offered up for free under the Freeware license. I estimate the release date to be approximately any date between May 1st and May 15th of 2009. I will make sure to update this post if the dates change.