A quick update on Flux 2.0. Well, first of all, for those who have asked... it's going pretty good, we've been able to dedicate a lot of time to it, and we're pretty much ahead of schedule at the moment. We've been focusing on a few different areas, almost all of which were suggested by our lovely and remarkably handsome user base...
1) Speed. We all know that Flux 1.0 can get a bit bogged down on a complex site, we're made many efforts in the past to fix this, but our efforts have only got us so far. For Flux 2.0, speed was a number one priority and as of right now, the speed is incomparable to Flux 1.0, to the point that we'll probably downgrade our suggested minimum specs, I've not yet tried Flux 2.0 on a G4, but I'd hazard a guess that it would be pretty useable.
2) Site import. Flux 1.0 was designed to be a ground-up editor, and site import was limited to well-formed XHTML sites, and even then, there was a limit to what Flux 1.0 could import. That's all changed now, and site import is dramatically better, we've been importing loads of sites from places like csszengarden.com, no problem on any of the sites.
3) UI, major changes are to the CSS editing, which has been re-written from the ground up, to not only support much more CSS, but make it easier, quicker, and take up less screen real estate. We've also made a lot of changes to the code editor to make updates much more "live" and snappier to update changes in code to the WYSIWYG view.
Just one last confirmation to those who have asked, Yes! Flux 2.0 will be free for all users! Even if you bought Flux from MacZOT or MacUpdate, or some other deal, it's still a free upgrade! :-)
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Yes, can't wait for this !
When does it will be available (approx) ?
Thx for Flux and for the free upgrade ! :up:
Hi there, right now, we're not putting any kind of timeline for a full release, but we do plan a pre-beta preview soon. What does "soon" mean? I'd say it'll be this year, but I would not want to say any more for fear of disappointing anyone....
Can't wait! I'd especially like more freedom to work in the code editor without Flux giving me generic warnings. This turning out to be such a great product!
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, Flux 2.0 is far more tolerant of non-valid XHTML, and the code editor is an area that we're really focusing on.
Cheers!
Garry
The tolerance thing is going to be awesome.
It's the only thing that actually sent me back to iWeb until it got fixed. I posted an example of some code that Flux wasn't allowing me to save but as of yet I've not seen any reply so the first thing I will test is this. If it works I will start using Flux on my main site.
At the moment I'm using it for working on a new design on my local server so hopefully by the time the new version of Flux is ready so is my new site.
Thanks heaps for the work you're doing on such a young but capable app. I'm so looking forward to the upcoming updates.
Great notice!
Hope it comes this year and if it can not be I will wait,
New version at not cost... Adobe take note!
Hello Escapers,
I'm waiting with bated breath for Flux 2
BTW How could I get a copy of your Flux 2 beta that was mentioned on your forums? Or am I too late with this or?...
Proud to say I'm a paid user of Flux 1.
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