Xblaze

I just thought I’d write a bit about my position in relation to XBlaze.

I seem to have come into a position where I have become the maintainer of XBlaze. (I don’t like to use the word “owner” in terms of Open Source software). In different situations, this can mean different things.

Unfortunately, at the moment, I do not possess the skill or knowledge or further the development of XBlaze. Everything you are using is still the work of Kainjow, the Adium Team and the XFireLib guys. (But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t contact me still for support).
I just wanted to put it out there that there will not be any updates to XBlaze for some time. That is of course unless someone else decides to take a shot at it (which they are completely welcome to do).

I am in the process of learning Cocoa (the language that XBlaze is written in) and attempting to familiarise myself with the XFire protocol and the Adium plugin interface. It might prove to be easier to write a stand alone application for XBlaze, eliminating the overhead requirements of Adium (and stemming the flow of bug reports those guys get about XBlaze). Both avenues, the plugin and the stand alone app, are still viable paths for the future of XBlaze, but until I better my knowledge of programming for Mac OS X, there’s not a lot I can do.

I just wanted to say this to let you all know what’s happening.

There were some requests on the forum about what games XBlaze supported.

In reply I have updated the FAQ on the Support page including which games are currently supported and how to add a game if it isn’t already supported.

I thought that the default theme for WordPress was a bit dull, and that a site for a plugin with a name like XBlaze needed something a little more appropriate.

So I downloaded the newer version of K2, (you might have noticed I use it on jasarien.com) and edited the theme slightly to give it a more fitting style.

I hope you like it

Yep, I’ve just created a forum for support, general and development discussion. Head on over if you have any questions.

The forum can be found via a link from the Support page.

The XBlaze page over at Jasarien.com was getting a little crowded, so I took the liberty of moving everything over to this new site, dedicated to XBlaze.

Hopefully this will become the home of XBlaze, and a hub of communication for everyone that uses XBlaze. I will set up a Forum for discussions and support as soon as possible, so keep checking back.

Finally, if anyone spots something wrong with the site, broken links, spelling errors, etc, please notify me!