Omega Progress: Jan. 30th, 2010

We are coming real close to finalizing Omega, in fact we are about 60% there. Instead of following this blog, please follow us on Twitter, because as we continue to make further progress, we will be posting that news directly to Twitter instead of this blog. If you don't have an account already, please sign up for one and become our "follower", so that we can keep in touch. I want to say thanks to all our readers and I hope to see you guys over at Twitter. TFR

Omega Progress: Jan. 18th, 2010

I've started work on the last driver today. We're right on schedule.

Omega Progress: Dec. 20th, 2009

Oops, I guess I should have written you guys sooner. Everything has been kind of hectic lately. I have been a little side tracked by a new "personal" project that sort of took my attention away momentarily. I got it back and I started working on Omega again, in full force. The kernel is bigger, back to ~40KB, which is a downer. I am seriously going to optimize the code as much as possible (by hand) where ever possible, to get it back down to at least ~36KB, smaller is better.

I have just about finished the NTFS driver, it has only one flaw that I have noticed; thus far, and I do not project it will cause too much of a strain to fix, but I have been putting it off to accomplish the less complex, yet more tedious aspects of the total design. I just about have the GUI in full operational mode and my "TODO" list is getting dramatically smaller everyday. It shouldn't be much longer, so keep checking back for all the latest. TFR

Omega Progress: Nov. 21st, 2009

Wow, I have really been in the zone lately. It's funny, because the more I work on the existing code, the smaller it becomes. In fact, the kernel was ~60KB and is now ~40KB. I wish I could get it down to around 20KB, because, of course, smaller is better.

I already have the new GUI drawn and the menu absolutely perfected. I am now, finally, working on the NTFS driver, which means, I am right on schedule. I haven't been real motivated to devote the amount of time needed to take full advantage of the MFT, but that hasn't stopped me from being progressive. I have kind of been working around it until now, and that has kind of forced me to pay very close attention to the more mundane aspects of the total design. Now that I am back to the NTFS driver, I intend to zoom right through it. Even after the NTFS driver is totally complete, I still have a massive hill to climb, and I need to not rush through the code, but at least get it done quickly... we'll see.

So, that's the latest from me about the Omega CE development. I hope you keep checking back for all the latest. Take care.

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.